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PoliticsThe Colophon

Publishers and copyright advocacy groups lobby government for a meeting in another effort to address copyright law

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023

Last week, a group of advocacy organizations, including the Literary Press Group, the Association of Canadian Publishers, The Writers’ Union...

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PublishingThe Colophon

Nita Pronovost among senior staffers to depart Simon & Schuster Canada in recent months

December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

The moves come at a time of great change for the company.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionPoliticsThe Colophon

Men behaving badly, part one: George Santos

November 30, 2023December 7, 2023

Chiusano's portrait of a younger Santos is of someone painfully insecure, thin skinned, and desperate for some kind of validation and acceptance.

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AwardsBooksellingCanLitThe Colophon

Toronto police lay charges in the vandalism of an Indigo store earlier this month

November 23, 2023November 23, 2023

Protesters gathered outside 52 Division in downtown Toronto to call for the charges against the eleven to be dropped.

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The ColophonWriters and Writing

David Leonard takes the helm as executive director at the Writers’ Trust

November 23, 2023November 23, 2023

"We have to think of writers and books as not just writers and books," Leonard says.

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AwardsCanLitThe Colophon

Kai Thomas, Christina Sharpe, and Helen Humphreys among the winners of seven Writers’ Trust awards

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

In addition to the prizes for individual works, several prizes for a body of work were also handed out.

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Literary FestivalsThe Colophon

WOTS mixes things up with newly installed leadership trio

November 21, 2023November 22, 2023

The dates for the 2024 edition of WOTS are September 28–29.

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CanLitPoliticsThe Colophon

Canadian authors and publishers sign open letter in support of Giller protesters; Anne Boyer resigns as poetry editor at New York Times Magazine

November 16, 2023November 17, 2023

The Giller protesters also received support on social media.

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CensorshipMusicThe Colophon

Singer Pink is giving away thousands of banned books at four concerts in Florida

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

Pink says that books "have held a special joy" since her childhood.

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CanLitNovelsThe Colophon

In Yara, Tamara Faith Berger addresses fraught questions about sexuality, consent, geopolitics, and religion

November 13, 2023November 14, 2023

Yara represents Berger's most fully realized vision yet.

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