Celebrate the Kingston, Ontario, launch of What You Take With You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home, a memoir of the Fort McMurray wildfire by Therese Greenwood. Published by University of Alberta Press. Thursday, May 30, 7 to 9 pm at Novel Idea Bookstore, 156 Princess Street in downtown Kingston...
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Jun. 5 2019 After well over a year of intensive study and testimony during the copyright review, Canada’s Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) has released its report. While confirming... More
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May. 28 2019 The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce that Sheilagh Guy Murphy has won the $2,500 cash prize for its 26th annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers, for the... More
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May. 28 2019 HALIFAX – The Writers’ Union of Canada announced this evening that Carrianne Leung is the recipient of the $10,000 first prize in the 22nd annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award,... More
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May. 16 2019 The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage yesterday released its long-awaited report on artist remuneration, as part of Parliament’s Statutory Review of the Copyright Act. Titled Shifting... More
