Search
-
![Banner image with photo of author Elizabeth Ruth, and a purple background of houses. Text reads "Interview with Elizabeth Ruth. [My novel was] written with a heightened awareness of mortality"](/var/site/storage/images/news/elizabeth-ruth-on-exploring-coincidences-in-her-mesmerizing-icy-new-novel/119406-1-eng-CA/Elizabeth-Ruth-on-Exploring-Coincidences-in-Her-Mesmerizing-Icy-New-Novel_blog_post_wide.jpg "Banner image with photo of author Elizabeth Ruth, and a purple background of houses. Text reads \"Interview with Elizabeth Ruth. [My novel was] written with a heightened awareness of mortality\"")
![Banner image with photo of author Elizabeth Ruth, and a purple background of houses. Text reads "Interview with Elizabeth Ruth. [My novel was] written with a heightened awareness of mortality"](/var/site/storage/images/news/elizabeth-ruth-on-exploring-coincidences-in-her-mesmerizing-icy-new-novel/119406-1-eng-CA/Elizabeth-Ruth-on-Exploring-Coincidences-in-Her-Mesmerizing-Icy-New-Novel_blog_post.jpg "Banner image with photo of author Elizabeth Ruth, and a purple background of houses. Text reads \"Interview with Elizabeth Ruth. [My novel was] written with a heightened awareness of mortality\"")
September 26, 2023Elizabeth Ruth on Exploring Coincidences in Her Mesmerizing, Icy New Novel
Anyone who lived in Toronto in 2013 remembers the ice storm of that winter, which brought the city to its knees. It's against this dramatic backdrop that celebrated writer Elizabeth Ruth's new novel Semi-Detached ...
-
November 02, 2022Lisa de Nikolits Honours Beloved Late Editor Luciana Ricciutelli with a Dedication in Her Wild New Speculative Novel
Lisa de Nikolits' wild romp of a novel, The Rage Room, was described upon its publication in 2020 as "Groundhog Day meets The Matrix" filtered through the author's trademark madcap creative, feminist ...
-
March 14, 2019Excerpt! Michael Hutchinson's Young, Indigenous Adventurers are Irresistibly Fun in The Case of Windy Lake
Michael Hutchinson has worked as a journalist and communications professional, a television host for APTN (The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network), and now works at the Assembly of First Nations in ...
-
November 03, 2016Writers' Trust Awards Honour Campbell, Thanh & More with $200k in Prizes!
Last night, at an event at CBC's Glenn Gould Studio, the Writers' Trust of Canada gathered authors, publishers, and readers together to present over $200,000 of prize money to the winners and finalists ...
-
September 20, 2017Singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith on his debut novel, Dickens, and feeling awkward
Ron Sexsmith is a household name in Canada for his acclaimed, atmospheric, and beautifully moody music, which has earned him numerous awards including a Juno for Songwriter of the Year.Given Sexsmith's ...
-
January 11, 2017The 2017 RBC Taylor Prize Shortlist Gets Personal
Today saw the announcement of the 2017 shortlist for the RBC Taylor Prize, and this time it's personal -- the 12 title longlist was whittled down to just five titles, each of which tells a very personal ...
-
January 30, 2024Christina Cooke Explores the Power of Family and Home in Broughtupsy
Through the complicated happenings of our lives, people are often faced with challenges that make them consider how far they are willing to go for family, and to preserve a sense of home. In Christina ...
-
March 31, 2022"That’s You Sharing a Moment With Someone " Introducing April Writer in Residence Matthew James Weigel
To explore something complex and painful, that weaves through long history, a writer must take an approach as nuanced and shifting as their subject matter. We see that kind of creativity on display in Matthew ...
-
November 30, 2021Daniel Scott Tysdal Examines the Darkness, Strangeness, & Flickering Hope of Life in the 21st Century in His Spectacular Debut Story Collection
Daniel Scott Tysdal is a beloved creative writing professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough and a decorated poet. And of course, Tysdal is also an Open Book columnist and the subject of one ...
