The Writers' Trust made it a night for honouring women at its annual awards ceremony in Toronto on Nov. 14. All four prizes for a body of work were presented to female authors, though the ... Read More »
November 14, 2017
When William Weintraub's debut novel, Why Rock the Boat?, was released in 1961, the author's former colleagues at the Montreal Gazette might have been forgiven for feeling that the title was just a tad ironic. The ... Read More »
November 9, 2017
When people think about Canadian literature, dime-store pulp is not the first genre that comes to mind. That may be an oversight, as literary historian Brian Busby can attest. Busby is the driving force behind ... Read More »
October 12, 2017
In the final years of his life, Leonard Cohen stopped work on an album he and producer Pat Leonard had been collaborating on. The fabled singer-songwriter had been felled by what he referred to as ... Read More »
October 6, 2017 | Filed under: Authors
The Swedish Academy returned to form this year, at least somewhat. After taking some heat last year for its unconventional choice of Bob Dylan as the Nobel laureate in literature, this year the academy named Japanese-born ... Read More »
October 5, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
It's official. There is no one title that has emerged as a favourite for English-language literary award juries in Canada. This morning, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the nominees for the Governor General's ... Read More »
October 4, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Two left-field contenders and one notable omission characterize this year's shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. David Chariandy, longlisted for his sophomore novel, Brother, and considered by some to be a favourite to win the ... Read More »
October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Though increased diversity among published writers has been a rallying cry for some time now, what is less often heard is the call for a more diverse constitution among the industry professionals who make acquisitions ... Read More »
September 11, 2017
To be honest, I’m a really optimistic kind of guy,” says Antoine Tanguay, president of Éditions Alto, a small literary press based in Quebec City. Optimism is arguably a required trait for the former journalist ... Read More »
August 30, 2017
The Festival of Literary Diversity, based in Brampton, Ontario, announced on Wednesday two new initiatives meant to increase accessibility at the festival itself, and within the writing and publishing communities more generally. The first of ... Read More »
August 24, 2017
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