by Steven W. Beattie

Fall Preview 2018: Novels

Women Talking Miriam Toews Knopf Canada, Aug. Miriam Toews, whose previous novel, All My Puny Sorrows, won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, returns this fall with a book that marks a bold departure. After ... Read More »

July 9, 2018

Stopwatch Gang member and bestselling author Stephen Reid dies at age 68

By Steven W. Beattie

Stephen Reid, a member of the notorious Stopwatch Gang that pulled off a high-profile string of robberies in the 1970s – including the 1974 theft of $785,000 in gold bullion from the Ottawa airport – ... Read More »

June 14, 2018

Remembering David McFadden, 1940–2018

By Steven W. Beattie

“I am happy,” wrote the poet David McFadden in a 2014 article for Toronto Life. “I have many joys. My wife and I have a strong marriage. I had a wonderful time helping to renovate ... Read More »

June 11, 2018

The Donner Prize marks 20 years of awarding books on Canadian public policy

By Steven W. Beattie

This year, the Donner Prize, which recognizes the best in public policy writing in Canada, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Administered by the Donner Canadian Foundation, the award bills itself as "the most prestigious prize of ... Read More »

May 14, 2018

Tanya Talaga named winner of the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

At a gala event in Ottawa on Wednesday evening, Toronto Star reporter Tanya Talaga added another laurel to those already bestowed upon her debut work of non-fiction. Talaga's book, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths ... Read More »

May 10, 2018

Dawn Dumont and Camilla Grudova included on the shortlist for the 2018 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The shortlist for the 21st annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, given for the best debut collection of short fiction in English, was announced today. The five-title list is composed entirely of books from regional presses ... Read More »

May 9, 2018

David Chariandy and Arthur Manuel among winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes

By Steven W. Beattie

David Chariandy has been named the winner of the 2018 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for his novel, Brother (McClelland & Stewart). Chariandy, who also won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, was named the winner ... Read More »

May 7, 2018

Tanya Talaga chooses Alicia Elliott as the winner of the 2018 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award

By Steven W. Beattie

Tuscarora writer Alicia Elliott has been named the recipient of the $10,000 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. The prize is intended to assist a writer with demonstrated promise in the completion of a work-in-progress "preferably ... Read More »

May 3, 2018

How poet Jeff Latosik uses juxtaposition and ambiguity to mine truths about the human condition

By Steven W. Beattie

"With a poem, you’re trying to say the unsayable.” As poetic manifestoes go, this one is fairly typical of Toronto’s Jeff Latosik: the language is straightforward, but the statement contains layers of meaning and ambiguity, ... Read More »

April 30, 2018

Herménégilde Chiasson’s debut poetry collection – one of the core texts of Acadian literature – is finally appearing in English translation

By Steven W. Beattie

“I’ve always felt that in society there are three main fields: culture, politics, and economy,” says Herménégilde Chiasson, the unofficial poet laureate of the region in eastern Canada known as Acadia. “Culture is at the ... Read More »

April 23, 2018

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Fall Preview 2018: Novels

Stopwatch Gang member and bestselling author Stephen Reid dies at age 68

Remembering David McFadden, 1940–2018

The Donner Prize marks 20 years of awarding books on Canadian public policy

Tanya Talaga named winner of the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

Dawn Dumont and Camilla Grudova included on the shortlist for the 2018 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

David Chariandy and Arthur Manuel among winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes

Tanya Talaga chooses Alicia Elliott as the winner of the 2018 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award

How poet Jeff Latosik uses juxtaposition and ambiguity to mine truths about the human condition

Herménégilde Chiasson’s debut poetry collection – one of the core texts of Acadian literature – is finally appearing in English translation

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