Today, the Griffin Poetry Prize announced its 2024 shortlist. With the previous international and Canadian awards combined into one, the Griffin Prize has become the biggest poetry award in the world, ...
The best short story writers often show an unmatched precision in their work, finding ways to illuminate truths about the world with economy and elegance. They carefully observe the characters, places, ...
Inspired by the natural world and landscapes of northeastern and southwestern Ontario, and by personal, intimate moments in a person's life, Melanie Marttila has written a new collection of poems that ...
Searching for more fantasy and escapism in modern theatre, acclaimed author and playwright Adam Pottle paired his love of genre work with the power of music, using the medium as more than just a listening ...
People and places may come and go in our lives, but their imprint lasts long, and can sometimes linger and evolve in peculiar and interesting ways. In the new collection Summer in Furnished Rooms (Cormorant ...
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