Congratulations to Farida by Monia Mazigh, translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott, for being on the Longlist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation.
Continue readingCongratulations to Linzey Corridon for having his poetry collection, West of West Indian, longlisted for the Hamilton Literary Awards.
Continue readingI Left You Behind, my collection of short stories, arose from an accident. During Covid, I had spent hours gazing at old family photographs of my father whom I adored. Then I took this a step further and wrote down my earliest memory of him. The story flowed like silk. I was stunned that I was able to finish it. I sent it off as a sample with the application of a Toronto Arts Award…
Continue readingIt is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Mawenzi House author Lien Chao in Toronto. Writer, poet, critic, inter-arts artist, and arts educator and promoter, Lien Chao was born in Hangzhou, China, in 1950 and grew up during the tumultuous period of the Cultural Revolution led by Mao Zedong. She came to Canada in 1984 for graduate studies at York University, Toronto and became a Canadian citizen a few years later. Her…
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