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While the panelists were on their best behaviour today, this morning Q&Q received a press release from Gabriel Fritzen, a German-Canadian who is demanding an apology from panelist Anne-France Goldwater and the CBC for “libelling survivors of Iran’s holocaust,” after Goldwater suggested on Monday’s show that Marina Nemat’s memoir, The Prisoner of Tehran, was not a truthful account of her experiences in an Iranian prison.
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2011 was a big year for Canadian literature. The purse for the Writers’ Trust Prize for non-fiction got bigger and the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist got bigger too. It was the year of the short story and, when it came to Canada Reads, the year of non-fiction.

The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites entries from Canadian, American, and overseas authors for our annual Open Season Awards. An exciting spring showcase of literary excellence, Open Season bestows a prize of $1,000 in each of three marquee categories: poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.

“The country’s pre-eminent literary prize recognizing independent presses.” -The Globe & Mail

“For Rohinton Mistry I would make the most amazing new drink I have just discovered: an ice-cold salty lassi with toasted cumin, cilantro, and hot chile and whole milk yoghurt; served on crushed ice. Unbelievably refreshing!”
Kathy Peterson/CBC Books

Twenty of Canada’s most influential historical figures, 18 of Canada’s most brilliant contemporary writers. Penguin Canada’s Extraordinary Canadians series concludes with three brilliant additions: Giller Prize winner Vincent Lam on Tommy Douglas, Charles Taylor Prize winner Charles Foran on Maurice Richard, and La Presse chief editorial writer André Pratte on Wilfrid Laurier.

Colin Brush vs. David Griffin Brown

In was Martin Heidegger who said “In the time of the world’s night, the poet utters the holy.” Indeed. But, who are those writers we tend to gravitate toward? Who embodies “greatness?”
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