Federal Liberal budget includes “modest” increase for the Canada Book Fund, but one group describes it as a “net loss”
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by Steven Beattie
1w ago
The relatively small top-up to the CBF included in this year’s budget does not come close to fulfilling the Liberals’ promise. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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George McWhirter makes a Griffin shortlist otherwise devoid of Canadian names
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by Steven Beattie
1w ago
Last year was the first under the new prize regime. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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Fifty years on, Stephen King’s debut novel still retains its power to shock and disturb
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by Steven Beattie
2w ago
Appearing in 1974, Carrie benefited from the groundswell of interest in literary horror that began with Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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Laugh lines: Robert Plunket’s debut novel, long out of print, features one of the most venal, amoral, shallowest protagonists in recent American literature
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by Steven Beattie
2w ago
One characteristic of Elliot that is most telling is also the one that may be least apparent on a cursory read. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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More, more, more: Becca Rothfeld extols the virtues of excess in her debut volume of essays
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by Steven Beattie
3w ago
Wanting in Rothfeld’s analysis is the recognition of how difficult it is to compose a short yet consequential piece of writing. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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Special committee unanimously endorses deal to take Indigo private
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by Steven Beattie
3w ago
The agreement remains subject to regulatory approval. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley tapped to replace Kevin Hanson at Simon & Schuster
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by Steven Beattie
1M ago
Winstanley’s move into the top spot may be an attempt to shore up the executive ranks at the company. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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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
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by Steven Beattie
1M ago
Governmental intransigence has been fuelled, Lane believes, by the mainstream media This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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Toronto poet Matthew Walsh’s second collection is a fragile negotiation with the confusion and worry of how to be fully human in our modern world
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by Steven Beattie
1M ago
The approach to poetry and the world is tinged with surrealism and not a small dollop of humour This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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George McWhirter and Emilie Moorhouse appear on a Griffin Prize longlist dominated by Americans
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by Steven Beattie
1M ago
This list, selected by jurors A.F. Moritz (Canada), Jan Wagner (Germany), and Anne Waldman (U.S.), will not do much to mollify critics of the new prize regime. This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read ..read more
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