'An inside look at the escalating crisis in Toronto arts' Note: this article does not mention that potential audiences likely have less discretionary income these days to spend on festivals & live performances. thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

“Populated with appealingly complex characters, Everard’s elegant stories present the sort of serious conundrums faced by everyone”: reviewing ‘Blue Runaways’ by Jann Everard… vancouversun.com/entertainment/…

'Earhart: poet, go-getter, everywoman' The British Columbia Review (formerly Ormsby) review of Lady Bird by Kerry Gilbert #CanLit #NationalPoetryMonth #NPM24 thebcreview.ca/2024/04/07/212…

#BookReview : Blue Runaways by Jann Everard “The story is memorable because of two strong main characters, some top-notch dialogue, and a specific setting that draws the reader into the lives of Margaret and Wyatt” Stonehewer Books
thebcreview.ca/2024/03/11/209…

'A memoir that is sometimes learning, sometimes teaching, and always astonishing.' Anne M. Smith-Nochasak reviews 'The Old Moon in Her Arms', a memoir by Dr. Lorri Neilsen Glenn. Published by Nimbus Publishing miramichireader.ca/2024/04/the-ol…

Warm congratulations to Patrick James Errington who has been announced as the winner of the 2024 #PollardPoetryPrize for his debut poetry collection ‘the swailing’.

Read more: tcd.ie/news_events/ar…

Where are the romance readers at?! 🩷✨ #FOLD2024

Join Alina Khawaja 🌤️🌸 | علینا, Taj McCoy (she/her) & Opal Wei for A LITERARY HIGH TEA AT ALDERLEA on May 5, at 11am ET in Downtown Brampton.

This event is sponsored by Harlequin Books.

Buy tickets at thefoldcanada.org/register.

LAST CHANCE to register for this workshop happening in an hour! 😆

Register for FREE at eventbrite.ca/e/building-fan…

Feeling the love for speculative fiction? ❤️ Join in the Locus Awards and vote for the stories that capture your heart and imagination. Let's make our voices heard in this celebration of creativity! 🎉 #SFF #books

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Vulnerable women at core of rapid-fire stories by author DanilaBotha #CanLit #ShortFiction Guernica Editions
winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/… via Winnipeg Free Press

Thanks to CrimeFictionLover for including WHO BY FIRE in their On the Radar report!

Enter for a Chance to Win a copy of AUTOKRATOR, Emily A. Weedon’s debut novel!
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To celebrate National Poetry Month x Spring x the eclipse, we present a round-up of ten transformative poems about change from Room issues past and present ✨

roommagazine.com/national-poetr…

Drafts & Drafts📜🍻 gritLIT Festival mainstage event Sunday, April 21 @ 3:30pm! Join Unthinkable author Brent van Staalduinen for chats with Amy Jones, Anuja Varghese, Author of CHRYSALIS and Nathan Whitlock about their recent #books & currrent works-in-progress. #CanLit #HamOnt

The fifth interview in my 2024 #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is here!

I spoke with Donna Kane about her excellent new Harbour Publishing collection, 'Asterisms.'

readlocalbc.ca/2024/04/10/the…

I have put up an updated version of my Canadian History Ehx episode on the history of the Log Driver's Waltz.

Enjoy below 👇or on any podcast platform!

canadaehx.com/2022/02/08/the…

Join us 𝐖𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟕, 7pm ET Glad Day Bookshop and on Zoom.

With Trish Salah canisia lubrin
Andrea Thompson Sahar Golshan Jennifer Venner & me!

Hosted by Alex Cafarelli and Chi-Leung Lee

More: tinyurl.com/speakeasyapril

Masks mandatory

$5-15. No one turned away for lack of $

On this day in 1980, Terry Fox dipped his right leg into the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He filled two bottles with ocean water, turned to the west and began the Marathon of Hope.

Click to learn more 👇
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🎉 Congratulations to Chelsea Wakelyn! Her magical debut novel, WHAT REMAINS OF ELSIE JANE, is a finalist for the 2024 BC and Yukon Book Prizes Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize! See the full list of finalists here: buff.ly/3xHdp9B

#Books #BookRecs

Want to learn how to get published in Canada? Join Patricia Westerhof tomorrow at 1:00PM for a great workshop presented by West End Phoenix!

#WritingCommunity #Canada #Publishing #Books