The 14th annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt has begun. For 14 years now This Magazine has surveyed this vast country for the best and brightest in Canadian new fiction and poetry and this year, just to keep things interesting, we’ve added a new category. For the first time, we’ll award a prize for best graphic…
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Authors Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska at the helm of the Public Lending Right Commission
Ottawa, June 9, 2010 — Writers and journalists Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska are, respectively, the newly elected Chair and Vice-Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission (PLRC). Both Ken McGoogan, who represents The Writers’ Union of Canada on the Commission, and Aline Apostolska, who represents the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois, underlined…
Tatamagouche Centre 2010 Programs
Upcoming programs … Writing in a Time of Exile July 25 – 30; Sun 7pm to Fri 3pm This program offers published and unpublished writers intensive work with your writing; contemplative space; personal conferences; and feedback from facilitators and fellow participants. We also examine writing and social context: How do we deal with class and gender, nationality and…
GALA BOOK LAUNCH & POETRY CELEBRATION
A gala book launch and poetry celebration will be held on Saturday, May 8, at 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Haviland Club, at Haviland and Water Streets in Charlottetown, The gala is sponsored by the UPEI English Department and PEI Writers’ Guild. The evening features new books by Island authors Richard Lemm and David Helwig, a…
Raddall Fiction Prize increased to $20,000
Atlantic Canada’s richest literary prize just got richer. At a ceremony honoring the 20th anniversary of the award this Thursday at White Point Beach Resort, award benefactor Tom Raddall II announced that the $15,000 award would increase to $20,000 beginning next year. The Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize was established by the Writers’ Federation…
Linden MacIntyre, Shandi Mitchell, SS Atlantic big winners at 2010 Atlantic Book Awards
It was standing room only at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS Wednesday night as over 200 of the region’s writers, illustrators, book publishers and readers celebrated the 33 nominees and recipients of 13 different literary prizes at the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards. CBC Radio host Costas Halavrezos and Newfoundland playwright, comedian and author…
UPDATE FROM CWAG*
UPDATE FROM CWAG* Canadian Writers Against the Google settlement Hello Everybody — There are far too many of you now to email separately. But I have very much enjoyed corresponding with you, and if you would like to reply, please do so. I have had a lot of questions from you about when this mess…
Congratulations to The Malahat Review’s 2010 Novella Prize Winner
Congratulations to The Malahat Review’s 2010 Novella Prize Winner The Malahat Review congratulates Tony Tulathimutte of San Francisco, CA on winning our 2010 Novella Prize! His story, “Brains,” was chosen from 196 entries by our three final judges: Bill Stenson, Bernice Friesen, and Patricia Robertson. Of “Brains,” our judges said: “It was a pleasure to…
Full-Time Position Executive Director
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The PEI Cultural Human Resource Sector Council (CHRSC) is a not-for-profit organization that brings together representatives from PEI’s cultural sector to discuss issues and develop long-term solutions that respond to the sector’s human resources needs. The Council invites applications for the position of Executive Director. Reporting to a Board of Directors, this position…
2010 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival
The 2010 Atlantic Book Awards & Festival has released its schedule of free literary events–book signings, launches, panel discussions and readings–taking place in all four Atlantic provinces from Saturday, April 10 – Sunday, April 18. The festival schedule, as well as the list of titles 28 up for the 11 book awards, is available at www.atlanticbookawards.ca Brochures listing many of the events…
Cormorant Launches New Children’s and Young Adult Imprint
Cormorant Books is pleased to announce Dancing Cat Books, its imprint dedicated to publishing author driven literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry for the young adult and middle grades, as well as picture books. Dancing Cat’s Publisher, Gail Winskill, will direct the editorial vision. The imprint will have its own website, http://www.dancingcatbooks.com, designed by Bryan Ibeas,…
Manitoba Book Award shortlist runs long for Turnstone Press
WINNIPEG – Turnstone Press is bristling with pride in the wake of the Manitoba Book Awards shortlist announcement. Five of the independent literary publisher’s eight titles from 2009 were chosen as finalists for eight awards to be given out at the Province’s literary version of the Oscars. This is the most number of titles from the same publisher…
The Writing Pool 