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A Place Within, M.G. Vassanji’s story of his exploration of his Indian roots, has won Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction. Vassanji was born in Kenya, studied … more →
Brown Paper
Baffled once more
ajsomerset wrote 1 week ago: A certain fuss has erupted concerning historical fiction, dominance thereof in the Canlit landscape, … more →
(Indo-)Canadian book news
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Niranjana wrote 1 week ago: A Place Within, M.G. Vassanji’s story of his exploration of his Indian roots, has won Canada … more →
The Audacity of Authorship
Stephen Rowe wrote 2 weeks ago: So it’s November 15, the halfway point through NaNoWriMo. For those of you unaware of what thi … more →
Great Moments in Writing: Mordy Takes on Quebec Politics
Sean Minogue wrote 3 weeks ago: Many things can be said about one of my favourite authors of all-time, Mordecai Richler. He wasn … more →
CanLit Canon and the Giller Prize
Stephen Rowe wrote 3 weeks ago: There’s an interesting article at The Afterword by Philip Marchand where he talks about the st … more →
Hype, hoopla, Hollywood!
ajsomerset wrote 3 weeks ago: The Globe & Mail reports that (pause for breathless gasp; am unable to contain excitement) … more →
ActionYes: CanLit
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cris costa wrote 3 weeks ago: The new issue, Canadian Special, of ActionYes is up online, curated by François Luong. The issue fea … more →
A very literary market?
ajsomerset wrote 4 weeks ago: From the Globe & Mail, Penguin International CEO says of Canada: The Canadian reader is very adv … more →
Can'tLit: Fearless Fiction from Broken Pencil Magazine: A review
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youngromantic wrote 1 month ago: A review for the ECW Press Shelf Monkey program: In the foreward to this collection of startlingly o … more →
The Giller List
wordfest07 wrote 1 month ago: All is again rosy with CanLit. At the announcement of the Giller shortlist in Toronto yesterday—a do … more →
Fuck the (CanLit) Farm Novel?
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Nav wrote 2 months ago: I know there are some Canadian Literature nerds who occasionally read this blog, so… Is CanLit … more →
Toronto Book Awards
Carla Maria Lucchetta wrote 2 months ago: Congratulations to the nominated authors for the 2009 Toronto Book Awards. The winner will be announ … more →
Fall Books 2009
Carla Maria Lucchetta wrote 2 months ago: Every fall for the new big book season I do a roundup of selections for The Ottawa Citizen – u … more →
Poetics of Dissent: The Fourth Canvas by Rana Bose
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Niranjana wrote 3 months ago: While reading a thriller, I anticipate — and usually get — a twisty, testosterone-ridden … more →
Exes, winter, a writers festival and Michael Ondaatje
combatdavey wrote 3 months ago: LAST THING I REMEMBER WAS STANDING OUTSIDE, talking to Michael Ondaatje. It was Toronto, it was wint … more →
The Literary Type
livinglime wrote 4 months ago: Hello all, The New Quarterly has just launched a blog called “The Literary Type” where I … more →
Amazing Stories, Well Not Really
ponpilate wrote 4 months ago: Blogging is an interesting medium. I have been extremely distracted the last few days, preparing my … more →
Then Again by Elyse Friedman
Niranjana wrote 5 months ago: Seldom, I believe, has a writer been as poorly served by her book covers as Elyse Friedman. Waking B … more →
Book 8: Divisadero: A book divided - literally
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transcendingchaos wrote 5 months ago: I’m now well into One Hundred Years of Solitude, which I will have finished by Friday in time … more →
