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June 04, 2018Contest! Enter to Win a Huge Set of Debut Poetry Collections from Brick Books
Who doesn't love to be first? You can feel the joy by entering our First Collections Giveaway, courtesy of Canada's favourite poetry publisher, Brick Books! Enter for a shot at winning a staggering TEN ...
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February 19, 2019Behind the Scenes with Hannah Moscovitch: The Acclaimed Playwright on Bad Reviews, MFAs, & Awards
Over the past 15 years, the name Hannah Moscovitch has become synonymous the best, brightest, and boldest of young Canadian theatre. Her work has been produced around the world, with prizes adding up ...
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November 25, 2019Call for Submissions: The Writers' Union of Canada 27th Annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers
Attention new and emerging short story writers!The Writers' Union of Canada is now inviting submissions for its annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers. Now in its 27th year, the Competition ...
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August 03, 2020August Writer-in-Residence Alison Wearing on Family, Unexpected Inspiration, and the Art of Memoir
Say hello to Alison Wearing, our writer-in-residence for August!A critically-acclaimed author, educator, and multimedia artist, Wearing's previous book Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter earned her nominations ...
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July 22, 2020Poets in Profile: Elana Wolff on Alice Oswald, Perfect Couplets, and Glorious Misunderstandings
Toronto-based poet Elana Wolff should be no stranger to the Canadian poetry community. Her previous five books of poetry, all published through Toronto-via-Montreal mainstay Guernica Editions, have garnered ...
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January 30, 2017IFOA Book Club Returns with Zoe Whittall, Farzana Doctor & More!
The International Festival of Authors is bringing back their popular book club, a unique literary event that features Canadian writers discussing not their own work, but a book that has influenced and ...
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September 01, 2015Everyone Loves Differently - Loving Science from a Safe Distance
I heard a story about Richard Feynman, the Nobel Prize winning physicist. Or maybe I read it. I can’t remember, and I can’t track it down now, but I love the story a great deal, and I think that it’s ...
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June 21, 2017Melanie Mah and Meaghan Strimas Win the 2017 Trillium Book Awards!
Last night in Toronto, debut novelist Melanie Mah won the 2017 Trillium Book Award for The Sweetest One (Cormorant Books). The award, presented by the Ontario Media Development Corporation, honours the ...
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September 28, 2020Thea Lim's Book Auction to Support Prisoners Offers Books Lovers a Great Way to Do Good
Today, September 28, marks the beginning of a unique fundraiser. The brainchild of Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated author Thea Lim, the Book Auction to Support Prisoners is an online auction of books ...
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August 12, 2021ECW Creates New Speculative Novel Contest, with a Book Contract for the Winner
Speculative fiction writers, take note: ECW Press is doing something unique and interesting in the form of a new contest, called the ECW Press Best New Speculative Novel Contest, and the prize is a biggie: ...