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In praise of Bowering

The Dooney's Café website has posted two selections from a recent Festschrift (or collection of tribute essays) put together for George Bowering. Jamie Reid contributes a poetic meditation about Bowering's well-known love for baseball, while ... Read More »

December 12, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

NaNoWriMo primes young hands for arthritis

By Scott MacDonald

Some will sweat it out, some will write it off, but for those who just need deadlines to write, the seventh annual National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, kicks off today. The event's name is ... Read More »

November 1, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Oh Sheila — Ticknor is ready for the world

By Leigh Anne Williams

The release of Sheila Heti's debut novel, Ticknor -- following a highly visible short-story collection, The Middle Stories, in 2000 -- has kicked off a round of profiles. CBC Arts plays up House of Anansi ... Read More »

March 28, 2005 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

We all begin in a little magazine

By Leigh Anne Williams

Traditionally, literary journals have been the place where young fiction writers hone their chops, and with the decline of the first-novel market, especially in Canada, the litmags' importance may rise again. Sven Birkets writes about ... Read More »

August 30, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: Pages Books & Magazines

In praise of Bowering

NaNoWriMo primes young hands for arthritis

Oh Sheila — Ticknor is ready for the world

We all begin in a little magazine

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