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Submitted
by Open Book on February 4, 2023
- 2:20pm
Every year, Freedom to
Read Week reminds us
about the essential and divisive
value of intellectual freedom.
It encourages conversation
around the concept of banning
books due to content deemed
objectionable, particularly in
the context of school syllabi
and school and city libraries.
To celebrate FTRW, Open Book
takes a look at one
frequently-challenged Canadian
classic, why it has been banned
in the past and why we should
continue to read it today.
Freedom to Read
Week: The Wars by
Timothy Findley:
WHY IT WAS
CHALLENGED
Submitted
by Open Book on January 29, 2023
- 3:33pm
You can't swing a streetcar in
Toronto without coming across
someone sporting a Toronto
Public Library t-shirt or
totebag. With its importance to
families, children, students,
new comers, job seekers and, of
course, book lovers, Toronto's
library system (one of the
busiest in the world) is amongst
our most beloved public
entities, despite its constantly
embattled status at City Hall.
Submitted
by Open Book on January 27, 2023
- 11:43am
The Writers'
Trust of Canada has
announced the five finalists for
the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen
Prize for Political Writing. The
prize, now in its fifteenth
year, is awarded annually to a
book of literary non-fiction
that eloquently captures a
significant subject in Canadian
politics with the potential to
shape or influence thinking on
Canadian political life. This
year's finalists were selected
by a jury comprising of author
Denise Chong,
author and Ottawa
Citizen columnist
Terry Glavin
and The Globe and Mail
Atlantic bureau chief
Jane Taber.
Submitted
by Open Book on January 20, 2023
- 10:51am
This year's CBC Canada Reads
theme is "One book to break
barriers", so it makes sense
that the show's new host is
activist and broadcaster
Wab Kinew (who
also happened to champion last
year's winning book, The
Orenda by
Joseph Boyden).
This morning, Candy
Palmater, guest
host of CBC's Q,
announced the celebrity
panellists and their chosen
books for the 2015 edition of
the popular literary battle.
CBC Canada
Reads 2015 panellists and books:
Cameron Bailey,
artistic director of the Toronto
International Film Festival,
defending Ru by
Kim Thúy
(translated by Sheila Fischman)
Submitted
by Open Book on January 15, 2023
- 2:33pm
Maybe your tiny hands can't
support the weight of a
hardcover, or maybe you love
reading by the subtle light of
an e-reader so as not to alert
the enemy to your nighttime
location. Whatever the case, all
book lovers know that the method
in which you read a book can add
to your reading enjoyment.
So tell us your favourite! Are
you a paperback promoter? A
e-reader evangelist? Do you only
read unbound manuscripts?
Tell
us how it is by
answering our newest
poll, and
if you've got more to say, share
with us on Twitter at @openbooktoronto.
And most importantly, happy
reading!
Submitted
by Open Book on January 14, 2023
- 1:52pm
Non-fiction fans have a great new
recommended reading list today
with the announcement of the
shortlist for the 2015
RBC Taylor Prize.
The prize, which rewards the
finest non-fiction writing in
Canada, consists of a $25,000
prize purse for the winner and
$2,000 the remaining finalists.
2015 will mark the 14th
iteration of the award, which
was founded by Noreen
Taylor in honour of
her late husband,
Charles Taylor.
Submitted
by Open Book on January 13, 2023
- 12:46pm
From our friends at The
Burt Awards:
The Burt Award for First Nations,
Métis and Inuit Literature is
now open for submissions!
Eligible manuscripts and books
published between 15 February
2023 and 14 February 2023 must
be submitted by publishers no
later than 15 February
2023.
Established by CODE in
collaboration with the Literary
Prizes Foundation, the Burt
Award for First Nations, Métis
and Inuit Literature is given
annually to English-language
literary works for Young Adults
by First Nations, Métis or Inuit
authors.
A First Prize of $12,000, a
Second Prize of $8,000 and a
Third Prize of $5,000 will be
awarded to the authors and
translators (if applicable) of
the winning titles.
Submitted
by Open Book on January 9, 2023
- 12:34pm
Submissions are now being
accepted for the Dr. William
Henry Drummond Poetry
Contest, a component of
the annual Spring Pulse
Poetry Festival, taking
place in Cobalt from May 21-23,
2015.
The contest features cash prizes
totaling $1,200 for first,
second and third place, as well
as categories for honourable
mentions and judge's choices.
The winners will also receive a
complimentary anthology, a
trophy and will be recognized at
an award ceremony during the
festival.
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