Since Carson’s Nobel win, copies of her first poetry collection, Short Talks, have been selling in Canada and the U.S. in the double- and triple-digits each week. Her first prose novel, Autobiography of Red, is number six on the indie bookstore bestseller list, and demand for her other books is also on the rise.
The Canadian Coalition for the Arts has put out a last-minute call to action for permanent federal investment in the Canada Council for the Arts in advance of the coming federal budget, which will be tabled on Nov. 5.
Winners of the annual awards celebrating published works in both official languages will be announced on Nov. 12.
Despite receiving word earlier this year that its transit partner in Vancouver would be unable to secure funding for the Poetry in Transit program moving forward, BooksBC announced this week that the 30-year-old program will be continuing in the city after all.
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