Peter Gajdics' book "The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir" was named winner of the 2018 Silver Medal in LGBT Non-fiction from The Independent Publisher Book Awards. "The Inheritance of Shame" was also recently nominated for The Publishing Triangle Randy Shilts Award in Gay Non-fiction.
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May. 9 2018 For Immediate Release The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce the short list of nominees for the twenty-first annual DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD. The Award recognizes the best first... More
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Feb. 26 2018 Veteran author and human rights activist honoured by The Writers’ Union of Canada Toronto – The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is proud to announce that Gary Geddes (author, poet,... More
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Feb. 23 2018 The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) calls on those provincial ministries and school boards engaged in legal action against The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) to immediately... More
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Dec. 5 2017 The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to launch its 25th Annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers, which invites Canadian writers to submit a piece of fiction or nonfiction of up... More
