Megha Majumdar departs Scotiabank Giller Prize jury amid spiralling protest
Giller will operate with a three-person jury for the first time since 2014.
The Giller foundation sticks with Scotiabank, while losing one juror and the number of writers pulling their books rises to nineteen
Dismantling systems of arts funding in a capitalist society is notoriously difficult.
A group of fifteen authors pull their books from consideration for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in protest of its main sponsor’s investment in an Israeli arms manufacturer
The signatories are calling for the Giller to lobby Scotiabank to fully divest from Elbit Systems and for the prize to sever ties with the Azrieli Foundation, Indigo, and Audible.
Two new books on Pierre Poilievre and Justin Trudeau offer readers, and voters, a Hobson’s choice for Canada
Canadians have a choice between a hyper-partisan Trumpian polarizer and a performative, gaffe-prone incumbent.
In a statement, the Writers’ Trust of Canada responds to the ejection of Kagiso Lesego Molope from its annual Politics and the Pen fundraiser
Molope was heckled by members of the audience, with some cheering as her speech progressed.
Kagiso Lesego Molope ejected from last night’s Politics and the Pen event after condemning violence in Gaza
The incident occurred during the annual Ottawa fundraiser for the Writers' Trust of Canada.
Federal Liberal budget includes “modest” increase for the Canada Book Fund, but one group describes it as a “net loss”
The relatively small top-up to the CBF included in this year's budget does not come close to fulfilling the Liberals' promise.
Writers’ Trust of Canada faces online backlash for choice of Jason Kenney as co-host of its Politics and the Pen gala
The Writers’ Trust of Canada is facing online criticism for its decision to name former Alberta premier Jason Kenney co-host...
Sally Lane, whose memoir details her years-long struggle to rescue her son from legal limbo in a northeast Syria prison, presses her case with the Supreme Court of Canada
Governmental intransigence has been fuelled, Lane believes, by the mainstream media
Never mind the bollocks: The case of John R. Brinkley and his goat-testicle remedy for lack of male virility testifies to the enduring appeal of the con artist
Those wondering from where Trump sprang could do worse than read Brock's book.