 | Thursday, November 14, 2024 | |  | | | | Nisga'a writer Jordan Abel has won the 2024 Governor General's Literary Awards for fiction for his novel Empty Spaces.
His novel is among the 14 titles, seven in English and seven in French, that were acknowledged by the Governor General's Literary Awards as the best books of the year. | | |  | | | | For Sarah Chapelle, the manuscript of her life has been shaped by Taylor Swift's enchanting music about being a young woman. But as a journalist and fashion blogger, Chapelle's new book focuses on a part of the pop artist's iconography that is often left in a dazzling haze — her style.
Before the Eras Tour touches down in Toronto this November, contributor Mirian Njoh and Chapelle chat about the fearless looks and invisible strings that tie Swift's style and songs together on The Next Chapter. | | |  | | | | Writers Cicely Grace, Emily Yiling Ma, Rachel Robb, Eleonore Schönmaier and Catherine St. Denis have made the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist. You can read their poems now!
The winner will be announced on Nov. 21. She will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. | | |  | | | | What I Know About You by Montreal writer Éric Chacour is a powerful queer love story that examines the consequences of breaking free from a life path that's been prescribed by family, religion, politics and society.
On Bookends with Mattea Roach Chacour speaks about writing a Romeo and Juliet-inspired novel set in Cairo in the second half of the 20th century. Chacour is a finalist for both the 2024 Giller Prize and the Atwood Gibson Fiction Prize. | | |  | | | | Éric Chacour, Anne Fleming, Conor Kerr, Anne Michaels and Deepa Rajagopalan are the five writers shortlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize.
The $100,000 award annually recognizes the best in Canadian fiction. The winner will be revealed on Nov. 18, 2024. You can tune in on CBC television, CBC Radio, CBC Gem, CBC Listen or CBC's YouTube channel! | | |  | | | | Five Canadian writers have made the shortlist for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
The annual $60,000 award recognizes the best novel or short story collection by a Canadian author. Find out more about the shortlist and the Writers Trust awards gala on Nov. 19. | | |  | | | | There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension is a collection of ruminations on the meaning of success, who is perceived to deserve it and the concept of role models all through the lens of basketball in the 1990s.
Abdurraqib speaks to The Next Chapter’s Antonio Michael Downing about writing through themes of comfort, hope and solidarity. | | |  | | | | Five Canadian books have made the shortlist for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for nonfiction.
The $75,000 award recognizes the best in Canadian nonfiction. It is the largest prize for nonfiction in Canada. Find out more about the shortlisted writers and the Writers’ Trust awards gala on Nov. 19. | | |  | | | | From the Cuban Revolution, California prisons, to motorcycle racing, and most recently, an eco-commune in France, American writer Rachel Kushner tackles a wide range of unique settings and pressing issues in her fiction and nonfiction.
Kushner takes it to the next level in her Booker Prize-nominated novel Creation Lake. She speaks about writing anti-heroes on Bookends with Mattea Roach. | | |  | | | | New York Times bestselling author Nita Prose will discuss her new novella The Mistletoe Mystery at a live event with Mattea Roach on Dec. 6. The conversation will take place at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto from 12-1 p.m. ET as part of Make the Season Kind, CBC Toronto's annual fundraiser for the Daily Bread Food Bank. Get your free tickets now before they’re all gone! | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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