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Poetry Friday: "Planting" by Yvonne Trainer
Have you been outside lately? It's Spring! We're pretty sure it's here to stay this time! And with spring comes renewal, and growth, and, yes,...
POWERED BY LOVE: A GRANDMOTHERS' MOVEMENT TO END AIDS IN AFRICA Wins the 2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award
In recognition for its excellence in publishing, Powered by Love: A Grandmothersâ Movement to End AIDS in Africa has won the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Associationâs...
Poetry Friday: "Out in left field for the Canadian poets' baseball league" by Michael Estok
The baseball season is in full swing! But for some, poetry holds an allure that organized sports cannot compete with. This Poetry Friday, we turn our...
Lori McNulty's LIFE ON MARS Shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Today, the Writers' Union of Canada announced the shortlist for the twenty-first annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award honouring the best first collection of short fiction...
Poetry Friday: "Puffs of Smoke" by Renato Trujillo
For the first Poetry Friday of May, Renato Trujillo pushes us to face our demons with "Puffs of Smoke" (from his 1987 collection Behind the Orchestra)....
Jocelyn Parr's UNCERTAIN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and Lauren McKeon's F-BOMB Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
Today, Rakuten Kobo Inc. announced the shortlist for the fourth annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, which honours the best new books by debut Canadian authors...
Michael Kaanâs THE WATER BEETLES Shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award
Amazon Canada and The Walrus have announced the nominees for the 42nd annual First Novel Award, which celebrates the remarkable achievements of first-time Canadian novelists....
Emily Nilsen Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
Yesterday, the League of Canadian Poets announced shortlists for the 2018 Book Awards. Among the six titles shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is...
Poetry Friday: "In One Extreme Cell" by Leigh Faulkner
At the risk of angering the many easily-provoked deities of Canadian weather, we think it might finally be Spring. *waits an appropriate amount of time for...