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Maysam Abu Khreibeh, a Palestinian writer and organizer, called the 2023 protest the "bare minimum" that could be done to push back against the ongoing conflict in Gaza
"I think the preservation of administrative salaries at the upper echelons is the priority."
Sheung-King's win completes the trifecta for Penguin Random House Canada, which published each of the three big fiction prize winners this year.
The counter-gala was organized by CanLit Responds and the activist group No Arms in the Arts.
Gordon Hill purchased PQL and will become a vertically integrated unit – a single company with two imprints.
M&S had a good day, also taking home the nonfiction prize in English.
"I think the majority of us – left, centre, right, whatever – are interested in finding a way out of this."
There is ambiguity here, but also a plaintive recognition of very human emotions that are often denied or ignored by people frightened by their complexity or contradictions.
"It’s clear that the lines between what is public and what’s private has been blurred," said Elana Rabinovitch.
"I would turn your attention back to the role of literature in situations like this, which is to interrogate hate and certitude and ideas that people are conflicted about."