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The Griffin Poetry Prize finalists

Friday, May 24, 2013

Read excerpts from all seven finalists of the largest poetry prize in Canada!

Does fiction have the power of redemption?

Joseph Boyden and Richard Wagamese ponder this question with Shelagh Rogers.

How to colonize Mars

Buzz Aldrin believes living on Mars is possible by 2035. He outlines how in a new book.

Lydia Davis wins $93K Man Booker International Prize: Lydia Davis, an American writer of short stories —some of them just a single line long — has won the £60,000 ($93,230 Cdn) Man Booker International Prize.
Beatles lyrics donated to British Library: The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to Beatles' classics Strawberry Fields Forever, She Said She Said and In My Life.
video J.K. Rowling-annotated Harry Potter sells for $234K video: A first edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with the author's scribbles about the Hogwart's coat of arms and other details of the wizarding universe sold for £150,000 ($234,000 Cdn) at a charity auction in London today.
audio Dan Brown on making his novels current audio: Dan Brown is known for fast-paced thrillers with a strong thread of history, but says he doesn't believe he's done his job until he ties his plot to a problem in the modern world.
audio Eve Ensler on her healing cancer journey video audio: Eve Ensler has spent a lifetime getting women to connect with their own bodies through her Vagina Monologues and other projects, but says she never was in touch with her own body until she lost part of it to cancer.
How The Da Vinci Code author built buzz for his latest book: Dan Brown's newest thriller Inferno is released today, and it comes complete with tweedy symbologist Robert Langdon, mysterious numbers and the kind of publishing world intrigue that has already shot it to the top of the bestseller list.
Writers' Union of Canada to vote on admitting self-published authors: The largest association of writers in Canada will be voting on whether or not to accept self-published authors at the end of the month.
blog African refugees share their stories in new book: Last year, 248,000 newcomers came to Canada of whom 27,000 arrived as refugees. Winnipegger Anne Mahon has gathered just a few of their stories for The Lucky Ones: African Refugees' Stories of Extraordinary Courage.