January 7, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture
Search Results by tag: George Murray
Following St. John's city council's decision to reinstate the arts funding it cut by 50 per cent, or $100,000, in December, George Murray, the city's poet laureate, says he's unsure if he'll return to his ... Read More »
St. John’s poet laureate George Murray has taken a bold stand against the Newfoundland city's "shortsighted and offensive" cuts to arts funding by resigning from the position. According to the Telegram, Murray is responding to ... Read More »
December 18, 2015 | Filed under: Book news
When I first discovered poetry, I was a genius. I felt something crack open inside me and I left the lucrative world of short fiction to find fortune and glory in verse. I wrote all ... Read More »
December 18, 2015 | Filed under: Authors
Two sides of George Bowering One of Canada’s key postmodernists, co-founder of the influential literary journal TISH, Canada’s inaugural Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Governor General’s Literary Award winner, novelist, critic, historian, editor: there is very little ... Read More »
July 20, 2015 | Filed under: Preview
On Sept. 28, Word Vancouver celebrated its 20th anniversary as the largest literary gathering on the West Coast. The festival showcases the best and brightest from Vancouver's literary scene, from poetry readings on TransLink buses to bookbinding workshops ... Read More »
October 7, 2014 | Filed under: Events
The City of St. John's has appointed George Murray as its new poet laureate, a position he will hold for the next four years. Murray is the author of six poetry collections, including Whiteout and ... Read More »
April 7, 2014 | Filed under: Book news
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia has announced the shortlists for the WFNS Literary Awards. The awards celebrate and promote excellence in writing from Canada's Atlantic region. Jurors picked the nine finalists from 68 submissions ... Read More »
June 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards
From Tupac Shakur to Don McKay, this week's bestsellers list honours National Poetry Month. For the two weeks ending March 25: 1. The Iliad, Homer; Stephen Mitchell, trans. (Simon & Schuster Canada, $35 cl, 9781439163375) ... Read More »
April 2, 2012 | Filed under: Bestsellers
Shelagh Rogers announced the winners of this year's CBC Literary Awards this morning on CBC Radio's Q. The awards, started by editor, publisher, and CBC producer Robert Weaver in 1979, recognize original unpublished work by ... Read More »
Today's book news: Costa Book Award nominees announced Joyland Books, the e-book only imprint of ECW Press, releases its first Canadian-authored title: Chris Eaton's Letters to Thomas Pynchon Lonely Planet names world's 10 best bookstores ... Read More »
November 17, 2010 | Filed under: Book links