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and the fiction nominees are

October 3, 2013 //

image: WT Fiction Shortlist 2013

 

On Monday, September 30, we announced the nominees for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize at a press conference at Ben McNally Books in downtown Toronto. Prize juror and 2010 prize winner Miranda Hill announced the $10,000 Journey Prize shortlist. Prize juror Alison Pick and Jan Innes, vice president, government relations, Rogers Communications, announced the $25,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize shortlist. The winners will be announced in Toronto on November 20.

The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize nominees are:

  • Krista Bridge for The Eliot Girls
  • Lynn Coady for Hellgoing
  • Cary Fagan for A Bird’s Eye
  • Colin McAdam for A Beautiful Truth
  • Lisa Moore for Caught

The Journey Prize nominees are:

  • Doretta Lau for her story “How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?”
  • Eliza Robertson for her story “My Sister Sang”
  • Naben Ruthnum for his story “Cinema Rex”

Here’s some of the coverage:

 

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nonfiction nominees, aisle three

September 19, 2013 //

Hon. Hilary M. Weston welcomes guests to the announcement of the 2013 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction shortlist

 

On Wednesday, September 18 the shortlist for the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction was announced. For the second year, books nominated for the prize will be promoted at Loblaws stores across Canada, and so, also for the second year, we announced the finalists at a swish event at Loblaws at Maple Leaf Gardens. While the cutting of the giant Parmesan (really, it’s big) did draw its own crowd, the real stars of the morning were the five nominees.

They are:

The winner will be announced on Monday, October 21.

Here’s some of the coverage from the shortlist announcement:

CBC Live (video)
CBC Books
Globe and Mail
National Post
Quill and Quire
Toronto Star

 

 

 

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dedicated to difference

June 22, 2013 //

 

C.E. Gatchalian accepts the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers. Photo by Katrina Afonso.

Vancouver playwright C.E. Gatchalian was named the recipient of this year’s Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers on June 26.  The prize is administered by the Writers’ Trust of Canada.

In his acceptance speech he dedicated the award to “difference.” “As artists and as people who identify as Queer,” he said, “we must resist sameness whenever and wherever possible.”

Read the story in the National Post

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i’m hiring!

June 18, 2013 //

 

Communications/Publishing Intern, Toronto 
Becky Toyne – books columnist, editor, publicist | beckytoyne.com

Benefit from one-on-one mentoring while working on some of Canada’s most prestigious literary events.

I am an independent books columnist, editor and publicist looking for an aspiring communications or publishing professional to work with me through the busy fall publishing season. You will assist with the campaigns for the Writers’ Trust Awards, the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, and the Writers’ Trust Gala, in addition to providing some research and admin support for my work as a books columnist and literary event host, and for the day-to-day running of my independent business.

Responsibilities include:

  • Research mailing lists and media contacts
  • Compile and update media reports
  • Assist in preparation, coordination and execution of press conferences
  • Assist in preparation of press kits
  • Assist with researching and writing press materials, as necessary (including media releases and advisories, photo captions etc.)
  • Media outreach and follow-ups, as necessary
  • Media advisory mailings
  • Assist with social media efforts
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • Passion for books, reading, and to begin a career in arts communications or publishing
  • Confident communicator with an eye for detail
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Energetic self-starter able to work under own initiative
  • Social media, HTML and WordPress savvy

Period of internship: 12 weeks. September 10 to November 28, 2013.
Part-time: 3 days per week. Tuesday to Thursday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm preferred, but can be flexible.

Remuneration: $900

Location: Little Portugal, Toronto.
NB: You will be working with me from my home office and will need to bring your own laptop, please.

Send cover letter and resumé to Becky Toyne at bt@beckytoyne.com by August 2, 2012.

Please write “Fall Intern” in the subject line.

Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

 

 

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remember this name: laura clarke

June 9, 2013 //

Lynn Patterson from RBC presents Laura Clarke with her prize

On May 28, 2013, at a ceremony at Toronto’s Koerner Hall, Laura Clarke was named the winner of the $5,000 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.

On May 29, Jeff Douglas read a poem from Laura’s winning collection, “Mule Variations,” on CBC Radio As it Happens. Here’s the audio.

And on June 8, Laura went on CBC Radio’s Fresh Air to talk about her poet’s journey thus far, and what it means to win an award such as this. Here’s the audio.

Congratulations to Laura and to her fellow nominees, Laura Matwichuk and Suzannah Showler.

Work by all three of the finalists is available as a free download in the iBookstore.

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reading is fun and good for you too

May 6, 2013 //

Announced this morning on behalf of  the National Reading Campaign, the results of a report into the personal, cultural and societal benefits of reading for pleasure.

Avid readers make more empathetic, more civic-minded, better educated citizens. Pleasure in reading begins with community and choice.

Here’s the release.

And a link to download the report in full.

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storytelling, uncensored

March 14, 2013 //

The Book and Periodical Council and Raconteurs Present: Censored – Bruce Walsh from NOW Magazine on Vimeo.

On Feb. 28 a massive crowd gathered at The Garrison in Toronto for The Book and Periodical Council and Raconteurs Present: CENSORED, an evening of storytelling and performance around issues of censorship and free expression, part of Freedom to Read Week. Six storytellers shared their very different personal experiences. There were many laughs, but all underscoring a very serious message.

Above, Bruce Walsh tells “How I Got Here,” an adapted version of his TED Talk, “How the Holocaust Saved My Life.”

Below, Ken Setterington torpedoes any notion you might have of stuffy librarians with his story, “Yes, I Am a Librarian.”

Thanks to NOW Tube for posting all six stories in their entirety, here.

The Book and Periodical Council and Raconteurs Present: Censored – Ken Setterington from NOW Magazine on Vimeo.

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politics and the pen

March 12, 2013 //

Mark Carney and Hon. John Baird co-host the 2013 Politics and the Pen Gala

This year’s Politics & the Pen Gala at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier welcomed 500 guests and raised more than $300,000 to support the programmes of the Writers’ Trust of Canada. It was also a swelligant evening where a good time was had by one and all.

Calgary author Marcello Di Cintio may have had a better time than most though. He was named winner of the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Walls: Travels Along the Barricades.

Here’s some of the press:

CPAC, On the Bright Side. Video footage

Ottawa Citizen. A National Party Writ Large

iPolitics.ca. Where Politics meets the Pen

CTV Morning Live interview with Marcello Di Cintio

Globe & Mail Shaughnessy Cohen Prize Nominees interview series. Taras Grescoe

Calgary Herald, feature interview with Marcello Di Cintio

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on shushed storytellers and freedom to read

February 26, 2013 //

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) talked to the Book and Periodical Council, Toronto Public Library,  and me, about Freedom to Read Week 2013, and a Type Books window display that has been generating a lot of chatter.

VIDEO: Freedom to Read Week 2013

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freedom to read week

February 22, 2013 //

The 29th annual Freedom to Read Week kicks off February 24 and runs to March 2 with events across the country to celebrate our freedom to read and highlight censorship issues in Canada.

 

Four Toronto highlights:

  • Feb 25, 2pm, Toronto Reference Library: Forbidden Reading. Documentary screening and director Q&A. FREE
  • Feb 28, 7pm, The Garrison. CENSORED. Presented by the Book & Periodical Council and the Raconteurs. Six storytellers share personal tales of censorship. $10 at the door.
  • March 1, 5:30pm, Hart House Library. Celebrate Our Freedom to Read. With novelist Katherine Govier, University of Toronto Writer-in-Residence Joy Kogawa, Toronto’s Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke and writer and broadcaster Marian Botsford Fraser. FREE
  • March 1, 7pm. Toronto Reference Library. Beyond Book Burning: Disappearing Books in the Digital Age. Presented by PEN Canada. FREE
More info about all the above is available at freedomtoread.ca.

 

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