The winners will be celebrated at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Dec. 12 to be hosted by Governor General Julie Payette.
TPL’s refusal to reverse decision on room booking for controversial speaker continues to provoke backlash
A group of trans writers has floated the idea of holding a teach-in while others are calling for an outright boycott in the wake of the Toronto Public Library’s decision to allow a controversial appearance by radical feminist Meghan Murphy on Tuesday night.
How Miriam Toews’s novel Women Talking was adapted for the stage
Director Orla O’Loughlin talks about developing Women Talking as a one-hour stage performance.
Kidlit Special: Wayde Compton adapts short story “The Blue Road” as graphic novel
Wayde Compton reimagined his 1999 short story about a protagonist who escapes the Great Swamp of Ink and journeys north along a blue brick path as a graphic novel, drawn by April dela Noche Milne.
Kidlit Special: Marie-Louise Gay on the 20th anniversary of Stella and Sam
TIFA raids the archives for 40th anniversary podcast
The Toronto International Festival of Authors’s new podcast, Writers Off The Page, presents archival interviews from the festival’s 40-year history.
Personnel changes: House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books
B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes announces purse increases and a new award for “Writing That Provokes”
The seven juried prizes, which cover fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and kidlit categories, will each be worth $3,000.
Daily Deals: Creative work-culture guide to Figure 1
Geoffrey E. Taylor reflects on 15 years as TIFA’s artistic director
Geoffrey E. Taylor is retiring from the position that he has held with the Toronto International Festival of Authors since 2003.
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