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September 28, 2016Writers' Trust announces 2016 Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist
“The best non-fiction writing offers a window on other lives, other times, and other worlds.” That window is opening a little wider today with the announcement of the 2016 Hilary Weston Writers' ...
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December 01, 2017What’s Your Story? Short Prose and Poetry Competition for Emerging Writers
What’s Your Story? Short Prose and Poetry Competition for Emerging WritersCALL FOR SUBMISSIONSThe Ontario Book Publishers Organization is pleased to announce that submissions are being accepted until ...
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December 01, 2016Photos! All Your Favourite Authors at the Writers' Trust Gala
The stars of CanLit came out for the Writers' Trust annual fundraising gala last week, and we've got all the glamorous photos to prove it. From publishers to novelists, broadcasters to poets, dozens of ...
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January 31, 2017Poets in Profile: February Writer-in-Residence Dane Swan
We're excited to introduce our February 2017 writer-in-residence, Dane Swan, whose most recent book, A Mingus Lullaby (Guernica Editions), is a fascinating poetic examination of musician, composer ...
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February 27, 2017The Dirty Dozen, with our March writer-in-residence, Zoe Whittall!
Zoe Whittall was already an acclaimed novelist, poet, and television writer in Canada and beyond before her latest novel, The Best Kind of People (House of Anansi Press) exploded onto the literary scene, ...
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January 27, 2020Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Now Accepting Submissions
First-time Canadian authors, take note: The sixth annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize is now open for submissions!Sponsored by audiobook and ebook retailer Rakuten Kobo, the Prize recognizes exceptional ...
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December 21, 2018New Year's Resolutions - Literary Style! Writers Share Their 2019 Goals
Every December, we make a list - not the one for Santa, but the other one: our resolutions. Whether it's hitting the gym more (*muffled laughter*), meal prepping every Sunday, or always taking the stairs, ...
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October 30, 2017The Wonderfully Weird World of November writer-in-residence Lisa de Nikolits
Lisa de Nikolits is the author of an impressive seven novels, each of them marked by her wild creativity and memorable characters. Her latest offering is No Fury Like That (Inanna Publications), a genre ...
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May 31, 2017On Writing, with our June writer-in-residence, Lesley Krueger!
Lesley Krueger's sixth book has a very personal connection - not just because of her deep interest in the fascinating Victorian artist Richard Dadd, the subject of her new novel Mad Richard (ECW Press), but ...
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November 20, 2025Sadiqa de Meijer Searches for True Meaning and Connection in the Essays of IN THE FIELD
Governor General’s Award winner Sadiqa de Meijer returns with a thoughtful and beautifully composed collection of essays that invites readers to look closely at the world around them. Building on the ...
