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Word on the Street Toronto launches writing contest for new, diverse voices

Toronto's Word on the Street festival has announced the creation if its first-ever writing contest. Writing DiverCity will accept fiction submissions from writers under the age of 35, and aims to highlight vibrancy and diversity in ... Read More »

May 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

WordFest celebrates 100 years of the Calgary Stampede with Wild West programming

By Natalie Samson

Calgary's WordFest has teamed up with the Calgary Stampede to celebrate 100 years of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. WildWest Wordfest is a special summer mini-fest in tribute to Western Canada's cowboy culture in ... Read More »

June 18, 2012 | Filed under: Events

The Walrus launches $5,000 poetry prize

By Sue Carter

A single poem could fill your pockets with $5,000, thanks to The Walrus's new poetry award. The shortlist for the Walrus Poetry Prize will be blind judged by the magazine's poetry editor, Michael Lista, with ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

U.K. and U.S. celebrate World Book Night; plans for a Canadian version in the works

By Steven W. Beattie

Just Kids by Patti Smith. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Q Is for Quarry by Sue Grafton. While these books may appear to have little in common, ... Read More »

April 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Book links roundup: Daniel Karasick wins CBC short story contest, Invisible Publishing prevails, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Daniel Karasik wins CBC short story prize, which includes $6,000, publication in enRoute magazine, and a two-week residency at the Banff Centre Invisible Publishing keeps on truckin' Prisons, cruise ships, safaris, scientific research stations, and ... Read More »

March 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads

By Natalie Samson

Carmen Aguirre came out victorious at this year's CBC Canada Reads. The B.C.-based author and playwright's memoir, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter (Douglas & McIntyre), about growing up in the underground among South ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Book links roundup: Largehearted Boy celebrates 10 years, the greatest books of all time, and more

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Largehearted Boy celebrates 10 years of book and music blogging at Brooklyn's Word Bookstore The Atlantic lists greatest books of all time as voted by 125 famous authors J.D. Salinger's Franny, Graham Greene's Maurice Bendrix, and ... Read More »

February 2, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

TPL union names winners of lunch with Atwood contest

By Natalie Samson

The Toronto Public Library Workers Union has announced the winners of its "Why My Library Matters to Me" personal essay contest. Each of the 44 winners will have lunch and tour a local literary landmark ... Read More »

September 15, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Ezra Levant wins Best Political Book contest

By Natalie Samson

The Writers' Trust of Canada, in collaboration with Samara, has named Ezra Levant's Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights (McClelland & Stewart, 2009) the Best Canadian Political Book ... Read More »

August 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: contest

Word on the Street Toronto launches writing contest for new, diverse voices

WordFest celebrates 100 years of the Calgary Stampede with Wild West programming

The Walrus launches $5,000 poetry prize

U.K. and U.S. celebrate World Book Night; plans for a Canadian version in the works

Book links roundup: Daniel Karasick wins CBC short story contest, Invisible Publishing prevails, and more

Carmen Aguirre wins CBC Canada Reads

Book links roundup: Largehearted Boy celebrates 10 years, the greatest books of all time, and more

TPL union names winners of lunch with Atwood contest

Ezra Levant wins Best Political Book contest

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