Date: Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014 Time: 8pm ET Topic: Grants, MFAs and being a writer in Canada Use the #DiverseCanLit chat to follow along on Twitter (or TweetChat). Last week we talked about diversifying narratives. This week we’ll talk about the resources and barriers that writers have access too. Below are a few of the… Read Post
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Jan 22: #DiverseCanLit Writing Communities + Writing ‘the Other’
Date: Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014 Time: 8pm ET Topic: Writing Communities + Writing ‘the Other’ Use the #DiverseCanLit chat to follow along on Twitter (or TweetChat). Last week Gabrielle Prendergast mentioned the importance of getting feedback from other writers. This Wednesday we’ll talk about how we can use our writing communities to improve the diversity… Read Post
#DiverseCanLit: A Lit Wish From Léonicka Valcius
[This article was originally published at The 49th Shelf] Diverse CanLit: A Lit Wish From Léonicka Valcius I only discovered CanLit two years ago. Though I was born in Montreal, I grew up in the US. The only exposure I had to Canadian literature was reading The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (still one… Read Post
#DiverseCanLit Scotiabank Giller Prize
Every time I do this I think I’ll be pleasantly surprised by the result. I think it’ll be better this time. And the Giller actually is. As the results below show, the Giller is slightly more diverse than the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. But that’s not saying… Read Post