Polish author opens up about her hidden Jewish past
A distinguished cadre of authors will participate in the 18th edition of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival taking place in Montreal
Two Jewish literary awards provide more opportunities
The Koffler Centre of the Arts has announced a “prestigious” and lucrative apparatus for literary prizes, the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature
Maurice Sendak exhibit in Toronto includes ‘wild things’
The Toronto Reference Library is hosting a travelling exhibition of original artwork until Jan. 31
Poet Robyn Sarah wins Governor General award
Robyn Sarah of Montreal, a published poet since the early 1970s, has won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language poetry, for her collection My Shoes Are Killing Me
Flagship CBC Radio show celebrates 25 years
Over the years, Writers & Company has featured more than a dozen Nobel Prize-winning authors, including Mordecai Richler, Orhan Pamuk, Carol Shields and others
Histories alternate, avoided and actual
Conventional contributors to the genre of alternate history are rarely canny or prophetic, but shoot instead for what might be called the extreme, or even the insane