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The Griffin Poetry Prize Goes West in a Livestreamed Broadcast to Vancouver Poetry-Lovers
Sean Cranbury is bringing The Griffin Poetry Prize to Vancouver, and sending some west coast poets back in return.
Read Local: Pin a Book, Enter to Win a Kindle
And now, when you pin a book on the map, you get an automatic chance to win a Kindle Touch 3G with a $50 Kindle Store gift card to use toward ebooks.
Gillian Deacon on the Hazardous Toxins We're Slathering onto Our Bodies and Our Children's
Gillian Deacon was researching toxins in personal care products when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The book took on a whole new meaning.
Bad Jobs in CanLit: A List by Grace O'Connell
It's been suggested recently that there are no bad jobs. Novelist Grace O'Connell begs to differ.
Read Local Is All Mapped Up
And…we’re live! Come hit the Read Local Map and help us build the biggest map of Canadian books ever created!
Behind the Poem: "Abandoned Car" by Mark Lavorato
"Finding something abandoned inspires the part of us that wants to know the story, that wonders, hypothesises, and in turn, formulates an odd form of …
Celebrating Poetry & Asian Heritage Month: Sheniz Janmohamed's Meetings With Remarkable Women
"These poets have reminded me to push beyond industry expectations of kitsch and exoticism. They have found their voices in street corners, sari folds, …
The Right Book at the Right Time: Samuel Martin Reads Russell Wangersky's Whirl Away
"You know that feeling when a book comes to you at just the right time, when you need it most?"
George "Book Ninja" Murray talks chaos, poetry and living a public life in tight-knit St. John's.
George Murray talks about how the poetic form allowed him to embrace chaos in his latest collection, Whiteout.
Meditations on the Medicine Line: Naomi McIlwraith on Writing a Book at the Boundary Between English and Cree
"Language does not stop conveniently or obediently at an imaginary boundary."