The Book Auction to Support Prisoners launched online today and runs until Sunday October 4, with more than 70 autographed and special editions including novels, memoirs, graphic novels, poetry collections by some of Canada's best known and most exciting writers, including Esi Edugyen, Heather O'Neill, Tanya Tagaq, Waubgeshig Rice, and more.
Auction proceeds will benefit Book Clubs for Inmates, the COVID 19 Emergency Prisoner Support Fund run by the Toronto Prisoner’s Rights Project, and the Jail Accountability & Information Line (JAIL) run by the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project.
The project was organized by novelist Thea Lim.
“We have been bowled over by our donor authors’ generosity," says Lim. "This year has marked a sea change in how we perceive racism and our justice system, and we hope this event will further extend that concern to the lives of people who are incarcerated.”
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