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Alice Munro Festival to disband, remaining funds will be donated
06 Mar 2025 18:40 GMT
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
The Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story, … others. The post reads, “The Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story … to the celebrated short story author who called Huron County home …
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Ontario short story festival named after Alice Munro coming to an end
04 Mar 2025 10:20 GMT
… after Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro is coming to an … committee overseeing the annual Alice Munro Festival of the Short …
Sex abuse allegations against Alice Munro’s husband highlighted the … protected. As Beverley Chalmers, author of Child Sex Abuse: …
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Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever
01 Mar 2025 16:14 GMT
… novels that are no longer teachable on university campuses, publishers … Robin Skinner, one of Alice Munro’s daughters, came forward … The Hate U Give author Angie Thomas. Direct action … not) of any challenged book, book banning may perform the political …
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FREEDOM TO READ WEEK 29 books that were challenged in Canada CBC Books Books |February 28|
28 Feb 2025 18:11 GMT
… interviews Timothy Findley, Canadian scriptwriter, novelist, and winner of the Governor … .
LISTEN | A rare conversation with Alice Munro:
Margaret Laurence discusses her Manawaka … is an American author who has published more than 50 books for adults …
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Books we’re reading and loving in March: The Positive Shift offers strategies for happiness
28 Feb 2025 11:43 GMT
… me about a book you loved and we might publish your recommendation … of human life. Not since Alice Munro have I read such strong …
In her debut novel The Berry Pickers, Canadian author Amanda Peters tells …
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The Exiled Author is Here and Nowhere
25 Feb 2025 14:41 GMT
… an apt metaphor from the author of The Bell Jar. She … point… almost paralysing.”
Poet-author Michael Ondaatje, who resides in … indelible traces. Ondaatje’s novel is an intricate weaving of … of ‘rooted’ characters like Alice Munro’s, until I discovered an …
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A guide to writing prizes for Canadians CBC Books Books -Canada Writes |22 minutes ago|
20 Feb 2025 21:20 GMT
… $40
Prize: $1,000
Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story …
Prize: $2,000
Malahat Novella Prize
Entry period: Winter
Eligibility … , UK, or US publisher (excluding self-published books)
Entry fee: None
… mentorship by a Canadian author
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award …
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Commotion From Alice Munro to the Giller Prize: The controversies that rocked the CanLit world this year Sabina Wex Arts -Commotion |December 31, 2024
07 Jan 2025 18:29 GMT
… the prestigious Giller Prize to Alice Munro's tainted legacy. These … the country's biggest bookseller, but also has owners who … don't have local bookstores, but do have an Indigo … Indigo to stop stocking your book?" You can't …
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Why Alice Munro’s Biographer Left Her Daughter’s Abuse Out of His Book
03 Jan 2025 18:07 GMT
… published Lives of Mothers and Daughters: Growing Up with Alice Munro … for a photo book—that book was never published, but the vignettes … extended record of an abandoned novel called “The Boy Murderer … ’s arguably the greatest author that Canada has produced. …
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Alice Munro’s Passive Voice
23 Dec 2024 11:24 GMT
In “Vandals,” the revelation of abuse emerges in a swimming scene that hinges on the antics of a middle-aged man named Ladner. He has decided to share his life with a woman called Bea, not because he’s in love but because “he had realized that she was a …