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Eden Robinson
Novelist and Short Fiction Writer
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Winners Announced for the 23rd Danuta Gleed Literary Award
The Writers’ Union of Canada announced today that Zalika Reid-Benta is the recipient of the $10,000 first prize in the 23rd annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award,...
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Stars in the Junkyard
I am happy to announce that I am adding a new poetry title to my list of publications after a very long hiatus from publishing my poems. I did release a book of short fiction (Porcupine's Quill) and a book which is cross-genre history (Big Pond Rumours Press) in 2019. However, these 'new' poems are...
