#Joshua Whitehead takes on CanLit

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“Joshua Whitehead takes on CanLit” It has been an intense five years for Joshua Whitehead, marked by both personal loss and remarkable literary achievement. Since 2017, the Oji-Cree writer has published the poetry collection full-metal indigiqueer and the novel Jonny Appleseed, winner of both the 2019 Lambda prize for gay fiction and Canada Reads 2021….

#What do you do when your mother is Miriam Toews?

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“What do you do when your mother is Miriam Toews?” Midway through Georgia Toews’s debut novel, Hey, Good Luck Out There, the protagonist, Bobbi, has just finished a gruelling stint in rehab for alcohol addiction. Kicked out of her bedbug-infested apartment, she ends up wandering through the streets of Toronto dragging along a small carry-on…

#Heather O’Neill on Sarah Polley

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“#Heather O’Neill on Sarah Polley” I grew up in Montreal in the ’80s, without cable TV. My dad and I did everything we could to occasionally pick up the PBS channel from Vermont. This involved a small Brechtian production. We put piles of old Yellow Pages on the radiator to lower and raise the television…

#Giller Prize-winning author Omar El Akkad’s powerful writing is making a mark

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“#Giller Prize-winning author Omar El Akkad’s powerful writing is making a mark” The Egyptian-Canadian author is turning journalistic savvy into literary clout. He’s on this year’s Maclean’s Power List. Omar El Akkad is No. 43 on the 2022 Maclean’s Power List, a ranking of 50 influential Canadians. Click here to see the full list. A…

#Sheila Heti redefines what a novel can be

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“#Sheila Heti redefines what a novel can be” It’s one of the last warm nights in October. I meet Sheila Heti at Bar Mordecai in Toronto for a drink before our recorded interview over dinner. She orders a gin and tonic and I have a dirty martini. It’s early, and the bar is empty apart…

#How the most connected man in Toronto came back from death

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“#How the most connected man in Toronto came back from death” Bob Ramsay is one of Toronto’s pre-eminent connectors, a man with 5,000 personal email addresses in his computer. The communications professional writes opinion pieces for media outlets and speeches for CEOs, and runs a speakers’ series that regularly presents thinkers from Niall Ferguson to…