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August 27, 2024Danesh Mohiuddin's Debut Picture Book is the Story of Playful Monsters With a Heartfelt Parent and Child Relationship
Many authors have interesting life stories of their own, and unique pathways to becoming an artist. Our featured book today, Mummy and Me: A Monster's Tale (Owlkids Books), is written and illustrated ...
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October 06, 2025Five Bold Voices Highlight the 2025 Giller Prize Shortlist
The Giller Prize has announced its 2025 shortlist, spotlighting five extraordinary writers whose novels capture the imagination, intellect, and emotional depth that define Canadian storytelling. Now in ...
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November 14, 2025Seven Major Prizes and More Than $375,000 Awarded at an Inspiring Writers’ Trust Celebration
The annual Writers’ Trust Awards lit up Toronto this week with a full evening of literary celebration. With seven major prizes presented and more than $375,000 invested directly into the hands of Canadian ...
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September 30, 2021"Stories Find Those Who Believe in Them" Welcoming Our October Writer-in-Residence, Acclaimed Novelist Yejide Kilanko
Yejide Kilanko's new novel A Good Name (Guernica Editions) tells the complex story of a tumultuous marriage. Frustrated after twelve unfulfilling years in America, Eziafa returns home to Nigeria to ...
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September 20, 2017
Unsung Heroes of Literature #4: On the Edge of Extinction, Interview with Interrobang
When Interrobang heard I was doing this series, they contacted me about the possibility of doing an interview. When I agreed, they sent a car for me. We met in Canoe, a restaurant that I would never have ...
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June 30, 2014
The Dirty Dozen, with Brecken Hancock
June 30, 2014 - Brecken Hancock is Open Book: Toronto's July 2014 writer-in-residence. Get to know her by checking out her edition of our Dirty Dozen interview series!Broom Broom (Coach House Books), ...
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October 26, 2016
Favourite Literary Podcasts
I spent much of the day preparing to record a podcast, the third episode of On the Line: Conversations About Poetry (http://www.therustytoque.com/on-the-line). It’s a podcast designed to operate like ...
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September 04, 2018Shauntay Grant Brings an Important Chapter of Black Canadian History to the Page for Children
Africville was once a vibrant community in Halifax. For over 150 years, it was home to Black Nova Scotians. Due to neglect and targeting by the city government however, the community eventually shuttered ...
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February 24, 2020
Blogpost 6: DOES WRITING KID’S BOOKS MAKE SENSE? Part 1 Getting Wise about the Why?
This blogpost is part of a two-part series— DOES WRITING KID’S BOOKS MAKE SENSE/CENTS? In 2018, The Writers’ Union of Canada published the results of a study showing that not only do Canadian ...
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March 24, 2020Dirty Dozen: Jane Munro Talks Teenage Jobs, Her First Poem, and the Joys of the Upside-Down
Griffin Prize-winning poet Jane Munro's newest collection, Glass Float (Brick Books), is a study of boundaries and connections. The limit of the horizon, of a land-bound glass float, is used to illustrate ...
