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  • The Entitled Interview: Bilal Baig on Getting Shook Up and Connecting with Language
    The Entitled Interview: Bilal Baig on Getting Shook Up and Connecting with Language
    May 19, 2020

    The Entitled Interview: Bilal Baig on Getting Shook Up and Connecting with Language

    In playwright Bilal Baig's newest work, Acha Bacha (forthcoming from Playwrights Canada), a queer Muslim man must reconcile two parts of his identity over the course of one life-changing day.Zaya is ...

  • September 2019 Writer-in-Residence Nancy Jo Cullen on Library Love, Recommended Reads, and Bronwen Wallace
    September 2019 Writer-in-Residence Nancy Jo Cullen on Library Love, Recommended Reads, and Bronwen Wallace
    August 29, 2019

    September 2019 Writer-in-Residence Nancy Jo Cullen on Library Love, Recommended Reads, and Bronwen Wallace

    Fans of Nancy Jo Cullen know that she is the rare writer who can do it all; her writing is smart, sharp, and memorable in poetry, short fiction, and now, in a novel: Western Alienation Merit Badge (Wolsak ...

  • Go Back to School with CanLit: 10 "School Books" to Take You into September
    Go Back to School with CanLit: 10 "School Books" to Take You into September
    August 23, 2019

    Go Back to School with CanLit: 10 "School Books" to Take You into September

    There's nothing like back to school season - warm days, cool nights, crisp new school supplies ready to get dog-eared with use. Even long after we're past school age, the start of September can still ...

  • Casey Plett Wins $60,000 Amazon First Novel Award for Little Fish
    Casey Plett Wins $60,000 Amazon First Novel Award for Little Fish
    May 23, 2019

    Casey Plett Wins $60,000 Amazon First Novel Award for Little Fish

    Last night at a ceremony in Toronto, Casey Plett captured the prestigious Amazon Canada First Novel Award for Little Fish (Arsenal Pulp Press). The author of a previous short story collection, A Safe ...

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