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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 22h

Rewarding outstanding editorial expertise in Canadian nonfiction books 🏅 Inaugural #NancyFlight Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Editing jurors Rachel Giese, Craig Pyette & Rachel Taylor selected 2026 finalists. Shortlist announced tomorrow! writerstrust.com/NancyFlight WT50

2026 Nancy Flight Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Editing, 2026 jury: Rachel Giese, Craig Pyette, Rachel Taylor.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Presented in partnership with PwC, @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social, Halifax Public Libraries, Bookmark Halifax, and The Globe and Mail.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The final installment of the #WT50 national author series, Conversations in Trust, is right around the corner. 🍁 Writers' Trust will host francesca ekwuyasi, Michael Crummey, and Naben Ruthnum at this FREE Halifax event on October 22. Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/conversati...

Writers' Trust of Canada Conversations in Trust. Canadian authors make sense of our world. National event series. Halifax, October 22. Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall. 6pm-8pm. Authors: francesca ekwuyasi, Michael Crummey, Naben Ruthnum.

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Ontario Book Publishers Organization @obpoofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to OBPO members @coachhousebooks.bsky.social and @houseofanansi.bsky.social on having their books named as finalists for the Atwood Gibson @writerstrust.bsky.social Fiction Prize! Stay tuned for the Writers' Trust Awards on November 10, 2026 to see who will take the prize!

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy finalists: ◢ @dennismolinaro.bsky.social ◢ @moirawelsh.bsky.social ◢ @rickwesthead.bsky.social ◢ Jesse Winter ◢ @superwuster.bsky.social $70K winner announced Nov 24 at a live event in Toronto writerstrust.com/BalsilliePrize

2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy finalists: Dennis Molinaro for Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China’s Secret War Against Canada, Moira Welsh for The Astonishing Lives of Older Women: How to Create Pleasure Over Peril in Peak Longevity, Rick Westhead for We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture, Jesse Winter for Wild Fire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze, Tim Wu for The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thoughtful debate happens when all sides are well-read 📚 Jurors @raymondbblake.bsky.social, Samantha Nutt, and Scott Young selected this year’s #BalsilliePrize finalists from 36 titles representing 24 publishing imprints. Shortlist announced tomorrow — stay tuned! Writerstrust.com/BalsilliePrize

2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, 2026 jury: Raymond B. Blake, Samantha Nutt, Scott Young.

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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Please join us in congratulating Lisa Robertson, a finalist for the 2026 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for RIVERWORK!

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Tiana Reid @tianareid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

still !!! tbh

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Congratulations @tianareid.bsky.social !!!

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thrilled grateful honoured

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The $70,000 prize winner will be announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards. Learn more about this year’s finalists and the #AtwoodGibson Prize at writerstrust.com/AtwoodGibson

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

◢ @zakjones.ca — Fancy Gap (Hamish Hamilton Canada) ◢ Téa Mutonji — My Person (Random House Canada) ◢ Lisa Robertson—Riverwork (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social) ◢ Blair Palmer Yoxall — Treat Them as Buffalo (HarperAvenue) ◢ Ashraf Zaghal — Seven Heavens Away (@houseofanansi.bsky.social)

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Announcing finalists for the 2026 #AtwoodGibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize — congratulations to Zak Jones, Téa Mutonji, Lisa Robertson, Blair Palmer Yoxall, and Ashraf Zaghal. $70K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards

2026 #AtwoodGibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists: Zak Jones (Toronto) for Fancy Gap, Téa Mutonji (Toronto) for My Person, Lisa Robertson for Riverwork, Blair Palmer Yoxall for Treat Them as Buffalo, Ashraf Zaghal for Seven Heavens Away.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Awarding the best Canadian novels & short stories 🏅 Meet the 2026 #AtwoodGibson Prize jury: ◢ David Chariandy ◢ Conor Kerr ◢ Kathleen Winter Finalists will be announced Wednesday! For award details visit: writerstrust.com/AtwoodGibson #WTAwards #Canadian #fiction #WT50

2026 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. 2026 Jury: David Chariandy, Conor Kerr, Kathleen Winter.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thank you to our supporter the Hilary & Galen Weston Foundation and sponsors PwC Canada, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social, @theglobeandmail.com, and @anotherstoryto.bsky.social for making this year's Hilary Weston International Award event possible.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Full video now available on YouTube 📺 Watch 2026 Hilary Weston International Award winner Hanif Abdurraqib discusses the role of nonfiction in our society and his relationship to it as someone from an unconventional background. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_vVTIGOiww #HWIAward #HilaryWestonPrizes

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LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 16/09/2026

HOLY SMOKES 😭 Congratulations Gwen Aube, finalist for the 2026 #DayneOgilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers from the @writerstrust.bsky.social!!!! Congrats to the other finalists Tiana Reid and @mishasolomon.bsky.social and thanks to the jury!!! Winner announcement Nov. 10 😎

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The $12,000 winner will be announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards. writerstrust.com/DayneOgilvie

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Meet the finalists for the 2026 #DayneOgilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers: ◢ Gwen Aube for Missed Connections with Tall Girls (@littlepuss.net) ◢ Tiana Reid for Nightnursing (icehouse poetry) ◢ @mishasolomon.bsky.social for My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet (Brick Books)

2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for #LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers Finalists: Missed Connections with Tall Girls, Nightnursing, for My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet. WT50.

2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for #LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers Finalist: Gwen Aube, Missed Connections with Tall Girls.

2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for #LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers Finalist: Tiana Reid, Nightnursing

2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for #LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers Finalist: Misha Solomon, Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet

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celalibrary.bsky.social @celalibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congrats to all the finalists for the #HilaryWeston Writer's Trust Prize for Nonfiction! Thanks to the Writers' Trust of Canada for working with us to make sure people with print disabilities have timely access to these important books. Find them at celalibrary.ca/awards

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Awards | CELA

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Anakana Schofield @anakanaschofield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My main online source for Hoops mascots and 1980’s music.

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Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congrats to author/essayist/poet Hanif Abdurraqib, winner of the 2026 Hilary Weston International Award for #nonfiction Delighted to be part of this & to meet fellow judges Chase Joynt, Tessa McWatt, Christina Sharpe & Jenny Heijun Wills at last night's ceremony in Toronto @writerstrust.bsky.social

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Celebrating Canada's best debut books by #LGBTQ2S+ writers! ‍📚 Meet the 2026 #DayneOgilvie Prize jury: ◢ francesca ekwuyasi ◢ Kama La Mackerel ◢ @michaelvsmith.bsky.social Finalists announced Wednesday! 👉 writerstrust.com/DayneOgilvie #canlit #diversecanlit

2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. 2026 Jury: francesca ekwuyasi, Kama La Mackerel, Michael V. Smith. WT50.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A memorable evening comes to a close with books, conversation, and connection. Thank you Hanif Abdurraqib for broadening our perspectives and deepening our understanding of the world through exceptional nonfiction writing.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hanif Abdurraqib takes the stage at the @romtoronto.bsky.social as the 2026 #HWIAward laureate. His work sings and stings, bringing bold, compassionate insight to culture and its complexities.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tonight we gather to honour Hanif Abdurraqib, 2026 #HWIAward laureate, whose genre-bending work brings truths, both personal and communal, to the page.

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Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We are so excited that DECADENCE by Richard Kelly Kemick is on the shortlist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction! @writerstrust.bsky.social #Essays #bookrecs #biblioasis #TBR #readindependently #biblioasispublishing #Bookstagram #canadianbooks #fallreads #nonfiction

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𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫 @robertmoor.com · 09/09/2026

Happy and honored to wake up to this news!

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Hill Nadell Literary Agency @hillnadell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Congratulations to @robertmoor.com: IN TREES is a finalist for the 2026 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction! @writerstrust.bsky.social Available now from Simon & Schuster #intrees #nonfiction #writerstrustofcanada

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The $75,000 prize winner will be announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards. Learn more about this year’s finalists and the #HilaryWeston Prize at writerstrust.com/WestonPrize

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

◢ Richard Kelly Kemick—Decadence (A John Metcalf Book) ◢ @robertmoor.com— In Trees (@simonschusterca.bsky.social) ◢ @trinamoyles.bsky.social— Black Bear (Knopf Canada) ◢ Julian Brave NoiseCat— We Survived the Night (Random House Canada) ◢ @danwerb.bsky.social— Our Wild Familiars

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Announcing finalists for the 2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction— congratulations to Richard Kelly Kemick, Robert Moor, Trina Moyles, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Dan Werb. $75K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards writerstrust.com/WestonPrize

2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction finalists: Richard Kelly Kemick—Decadence, Robert Moor— In Trees: An Exploration, Trina Moyles—Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival, Julian Brave NoiseCat— We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Awarding excellence in nonfiction 🏆 Meet the 2026 #HilaryWeston Prize jury: ◢ Katherine Ashenburg ◢ Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social ◢ Joshua Whitehead Finalists will be announced Wednesday! 👉writerstrust.com/WestonPrize #canlit #WestonPrize #WestonPrizes

2026 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 2026 Jury: Katherine Ashenburg, Debra Thompson, Joshua Whitehead.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Join Yolk in Montreal for an evening with 2025/2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers finalists Hana Mason, Cicely Grace, Rachel Robb, Renato Gandia, Rebecca Peng, Katie Lawrence, Jeremy Audet, and Graham Slaughter on Sept. 19. Tickets: www.yolkliterary.ca/product/bron... #WT50

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In celebration of our 50th anniversary, WT is hosting authors francesca ekwuyasi, Michael Crummey, and Naben Ruthnum for Conversations in Trust, moderated by CBC's Mary Lynk, at the Halifax Central Library on October 22, 6:00 pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/conversati... #WT50

WT50 Conversations in Trust. Canadian authors make sense of our worlds. National event series: Halifax.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What Canadian author has made the biggest impact on your life? WT is celebrating our 50th anniversary with our ongoing #WT50 author series ‘From writers, to readers🍁’. Now we want to hear from the readers, we want to hear from you! #booksky #CanadianReader

What Canadian author has made the biggest impact on your life? WT50

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The DC Reid Poets’ Grant is now accepting applications from Canadian poets of modest means. Eight selected poets will anonymously receive grants of $5,000 in support of their writing. Apply by Oct 13, 2026. Details: www.writerstrust.com/programs/dc-reid-poets-grant #WT50

WT50. DC Reid Poets’ Grant. An illustration of a poet writing on a notepad alongside the water.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We need to know 👀 Our ongoing #WT50 author series ‘From writers, to readers 🍁’ features notable Canadian writers sharing their must-reads. Now we want to hear from the readers, we want to hear from you! What Canadian book is your must-read right now? #booksky #CanadianReader

What Canadian book is your must-read right now? WT50

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Submissions are open for the 2027 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing! Rewarding $40K to the best Canadian political non-fiction writing, and $5K to each finalist. Learn more and apply: www.writerstrust.com/awards/shaug... #WT50 #PoliticalWriting

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Submissions Open. WT50.

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Christine Estima @cestima.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Been sitting on this news for a hot minute 🫶 I am humbled and obliged to the jury ❤️

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

An immense thank you to the 2026 Berton House Writers’ Residency jury, local author Louise Dumayne and past writers-in-residence Gord Grisenthwaite, and Manjushree Thapa, for their time and dedication in selecting our 2026 writers-in-residence. writerstrust.com/BertonHouse #WT50

Berton Hour Writers' Residency, 2026 Jury: Louise Dumayne, Gord Grisenthwaite, Manjushree Thapa.

Berton Hour Writers' Residency, 2026 Jury: Louise Dumayne is a fiction writer based in the Yukon wilderness. She has finished a thriller manuscript and is working on a second with a supernatural element. She was an actor in London for over fifteen years before moving to Alaska to work with sled dogs. Her work draws on her granular knowledge of a unique bush lifestyle, the caring but claustrophobic culture of remote communities, and the eccentric characters drawn to the far north. She won the Lush Triumphant Short Fiction Award in 2021. Dumayne lives off road, off grid in a cabin in the woods with her husband and a retired sled dog.

Berton Hour Writers' Residency, 2026 Jury: Gord Grisenthwaite worked as a graphic designer before completing his MA in English literature and creative writing from the University of Windsor. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in publications like The Antigonish Review and PRISM international. His short story, “The Fine Art of Frying Eggs,” won the John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award in 2013. In 2021, Grisenthwaite’s “Splatter Patterns” was shortlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize and his debut novel, Home Waltz, was shortlisted for a Governor General’s Literary Award. Grisenthwaite is from Lytton First Nation and lives in Kingsville, Ontario.

Berton Hour Writers' Residency, 2026 Jury: Manjushree Thapa is the author of eight books of literary fiction and nonfiction. She has also translated Nepali literature into English. Her nonfiction book Forget Kathmandu was a finalist in the Lettre Ulysses Award. She has won the Canada Council for the Arts’ Joseph S Stauffer Prize in Literature and the Pen/HEIM Translation Fund, and numerous grants and writing residencies worldwide. Her essays have appeared in Granta, Globe and Mail, New York Times, Newsweek, and London Review of Books.

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Manjushree Thapa @manjushreethapa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It was a real pleasure to serve on the Berton House jury for this, the Writers' Trust's 50th year. The selection was incredibly difficult! Congratulations to the four finalists, and I hope they find their time in Dawson City as stimulating, and life-changing, as I did.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Writers’ travel and housing is generously supported by the Lind Family Foundation, and each resident will receive a $4,000 stipend. Learn more about the program at writerstrust.com/BertonHouse.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Announcing the Berton House Writers’ Residency program 2026 writers-in-residence! These four Canadian writers will travel to Dawson City, Yukon, to live and work for two months in the childhood home of legendary Canadian author, and Writers’ Trust co-founder, #PierreBerton.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Welcoming over 100 writers-in-residence since 1996, Berton House is located in the childhood home of Canadian author and Writers’ Trust co-founder Pierre Berton and has been operated by WT since 2007 with support by the Lind Family Foundation. www.writerstrust.com/programs/ber... #WT50

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"They invite you into their global village, a microcosm of Canada, to sit at the Pit. They incite you into the wilds, into the mountains to pick cranberries, and onto the tundra to listen to silence.” – Angela Long, Writer to Writer: long legacy of the letters at Berton House.

A manuscript sits on a desk in front of a typewriter.

Someone walks down a nature trail, hands in their pockets.

Sprawling landscape of rolling hills and a large river.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Join @anotherstoryto.bsky.social and Random House of Canada for the Toronto launch of ‘Eliza Sunshine’ by Michelle Good (Five Little Indians, Truth Telling). Featuring a reading and conversation with award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker Tanya Talaga. Tickets: elizasunshine.eventbrite.ca

Michelle Good, in conversation with Tanya Talaga. Paradise Theatre, 1006 Bloor St W, Toronto, On. Wednesday August 19, Doors open 6:30 PM, Event 7:00 PM. Another Story Bookshop, Random House Canada.

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“In the decade between receiving the Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize and the publication of Wellwater, I've tried to pursue what interests me without expectations other than trying to become a better writer. A lot of this involves reading other people, and challenging my many habits.” #WT50

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