PEN America’s survey of two years’ worth of data finds book bans at schools and libraries increasing rapidly
American-style book bans are not unheard of in Canada.
Prize ceremony for author Masha Gessen postponed due to controversy over comments in magazine article
Gessen is not the only public figure to come in from opprobrium as a result of comments on the ongoing conflict deemed controversial.
Jim Gifford remembers late editor and teacher Don Bastian
Don would work with hundreds of authors over his career, including a Governor General's Literary Award winner and a City of Toronto Book Award winner.
Publishers and copyright advocacy groups lobby government for a meeting in another effort to address copyright law
Last week, a group of advocacy organizations, including the Literary Press Group, the Association of Canadian Publishers, The Writers’ Union...
Nita Pronovost among senior staffers to depart Simon & Schuster Canada in recent months
The moves come at a time of great change for the company.
Men behaving badly, part one: George Santos
Chiusano's portrait of a younger Santos is of someone painfully insecure, thin skinned, and desperate for some kind of validation and acceptance.
Toronto police lay charges in the vandalism of an Indigo store earlier this month
Protesters gathered outside 52 Division in downtown Toronto to call for the charges against the eleven to be dropped.
David Leonard takes the helm as executive director at the Writers’ Trust
"We have to think of writers and books as not just writers and books," Leonard says.
Kai Thomas, Christina Sharpe, and Helen Humphreys among the winners of seven Writers’ Trust awards
In addition to the prizes for individual works, several prizes for a body of work were also handed out.
WOTS mixes things up with newly installed leadership trio
The dates for the 2024 edition of WOTS are September 28–29.