Join the Writers’ Trust of Canada as they bring to you amazing Canadian writers for smart talks, provocative conversations, and dramatic readings. The Writers’ Trust is a charitable organization that seeks to advance, nurture, and celebrate Canadian writers and writing.
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Stó:lō storyteller Lee Maracle on the Writing Life (Margaret Laurence Lecture 2020)
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Acclaimed Indigenous author Lee Maracle on decolonizing literature and the issues with books schools choose to iconize. Maracle looks retrospectively at her own writing life, contemporaries, and community, and asks why Indigenous women continuously come last in Canada.Writers' Trust of Canada által
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Poet Armand Garnet Ruffo on winning the Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize
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The Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize annually celebrates a Canadian poet’s entire body of work with a $25,000 prize. Listen to the 2020 prizewinner Armand Garnet Ruffo talk about his life, his development as a writer through five poetry collections, and the strong influence of his Ojibwe heritage on his work. Ruffo is interviewed by poet Kaie Kel…
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Interview with writer Kerri Sakamoto, 2020 Engel Findley Award winner
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The Writers' Trust Engel Findley Award is given to a mid-career writer in recognition of a remarkable body of work, and in anticipation of future contributions to Canadian literature. Listen to 2020 prizewinner Kerri Sakamoto discuss her early start to writing, how she went about including painful family memories in her stories about Japanese inter…
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2020 Vicky Metcalf Award Interview With Marianne Dubuc
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The Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People is given annually to the author of an exceptional body of work in children's literature. The winner is selected by a three-member, independent judging panel.Listen to 2020 prizewinner Marianne Dubuc, a french-lanugage author and illustrator, discuss her use of fairy tales, how she finds time t…
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Poet Dennis Lee on winning the Matt Cohen Award
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