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CanLitThe ColophonWriters and Writing

Saeed Teebi helps put U of T’s School of Continuing Studies on the CanLit prize map

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

"The more conscious you are, the more intentional you are about writing, the better you understand why your own stories work or don't," Teebi says.

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CanLitThe Colophon

Novelist and true crime author Rebecca Godfrey dead from complications due to cancer at age 54

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022

Godfrey, who succumbed to complications from lung cancer, was "an extraordinary ... writer whose voice was clean, crisp, and daring on every page."

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

Get smart: John Lorinc and Josh O’Kane examine the limits of smart city technology and Sidewalk Labs’s disastrous Toronto experiment

November 5, 2022November 5, 2022

Taken together, Dream States and Sideways comprise a particularly incisive look at the theory and practice of smart cities.

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CanLitNovelsThe Colophon

In White Resin, Quebec author Audrée Wilhelmy subverts and reimagines classic CanLit tropes

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

White Resin restores a vision of the Canadian wilderness more in line with Indigenous ideas of a mutually dependent relationship between humanity and the natural environment.

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CanLitDramaThe Colophon

Annie Gibson tells PW about the ongoing success of Playwrights Canada Press, making it through the pandemic, and the importance of drama publishing

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

One of the innovations made by the publisher during the Covid-19 pandemic is the establishment of an editorial committee to seek out new work.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

Harold R. Johnson and Tomson Highway invoke Indigenous knowledge and the Trickster figure in books that seek to recapture connection to the land and ourselves

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

The two Indigenous authors offer different ways of thinking about the stories we tell ourselves and providing suggestions for how to rewrite those stories to our benefit.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

Faith and family are central to Wayne Johnston’s new memoir of growing up sickly in rural Newfoundland

October 20, 2022October 21, 2022

The twin poles of scientific reason and religious faith animate this vibrant and surprisingly funny memoir.

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CanLitShort FictionThe Horror Show

Montreal-based writer Cassandra Khaw combines lyricism and brevity in short works of horror and dark fantasy

October 13, 2022October 14, 2022

When Khaw is at their best, their writing has teeth – blackened, razor sharp, and ready to rend flesh.

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AwardsCanLitThe Colophon

Canadian award juries prioritize small presses, diverse authors on this year’s shortlists

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

Small presses and debut authors account for the bulk of the fifteen titles that appear on this year's shortlists.

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CanLitThe Colophon

Peter Robinson, bestselling author of the Inspector Banks mystery series, dead at age 72

October 8, 2022October 8, 2022

The multiple award winning author was best known for his novels featuring English detective Alan Banks.

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