In the Upper Country Kai Thomas Viking Canada, Jan. Set in Ontario at the terminus of the Underground Railroad, Thomas’s debut novel begins with the shooting of a slave hunter by an old woman. Young journalist Lesinda is summoned to encourage her to escape before the authorities arrive, but the old woman refuses, as she
It's the 75th anniversary this year of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell’s Who Has Seen The Wind. To mark the occasion, his family announced the W.O. Mitchell Scholarship endowment fund, benefitting the Writers’ Guild of Alberta.
Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The winner will be announced on Sept. 22, 2022.
The winner will receive $6,000, attend a two-week writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be revealed on Sept. 22, 2022.