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  • All Roads Lead to Brampton
    All Roads Lead to Brampton
    June 06, 2016

    All Roads Lead to Brampton

    We’ve been tallying up the responses for surveys from last month’s Festival of Literary Diversity and we’re thrilled by all the feedback – the good and the bad. It’s helpful to know what worked ...

  • The Burden of Positivity
    The Burden of Positivity
    May 30, 2016

    The Burden of Positivity

    As a writer, reader and reality TV watcher, Canada Reads masterfully combines some of my favourite practices and past-times in a nation-wide, televised battle of the books. And while I enjoyed the 2016 ...

  • Food for Thought: Hungry for #Diversecanlit
    Food for Thought: Hungry for #Diversecanlit
    April 08, 2016

    Food for Thought: Hungry for #Diversecanlit

    There was a homeless man standing on the side of the road the other day with a sign that read “Lost my job. Spare a bit of change.” I didn’t have change – I rarely do – but I had a banana, so ...

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