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Poetry Friday: "Planting" by Yvonne Trainer

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,...

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POWERED BY LOVE: A GRANDMOTHERS' MOVEMENT TO END AIDS IN AFRICA Wins the 2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award

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 Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa has won the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association’s...

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Poetry Friday: "Out in left field for the Canadian poets' baseball league" by Michael Estok

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...

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Lori McNulty's LIFE ON MARS Shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award

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...

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Poetry Friday: "Puffs of Smoke" by Renato Trujillo

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)....

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Jocelyn Parr's UNCERTAIN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and Lauren McKeon's F-BOMB Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

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...

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Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award

Michael Kaan’s 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....

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Emily Nilsen Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award

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...

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Poetry Friday: "In One Extreme Cell" by Leigh Faulkner

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...

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