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Writers Trust of Canada renaming fiction prize after Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson The Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Fiction Prize will award $60,000 to the years best work of fiction. Social Sharing The Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Fiction Prize will award $60,000 to the years best work of fiction Posted: Jan 27, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 27 Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson stop on the red carpet at the Scotiabank Giller Bank Prize gala in 2018.(Chris Young/The Canadian Pres...

Our Man in the Stacks Richard Greene NEAR THE END of his sympathetic biography of Graham Greene, Richard Greene (no relation) evokes an “odd tableau” from August 1980, when the author met with El Salvadoran rebels in a Panama City hotel room to negotiate the release of a South African hostage: [W]hile discussing the fate of [kidnapped ambassador] Archibald Dunn, Greene and [rebel leader Salvador] Cayetano sat separated from each other by the bed, on which Greene had earlier laid the page pr...

Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh and others predict space, seed and plant shortages - and the need to make gardening greener. Gardening became a saviour to millions during 2020 as people had a go at growing their own veg, learning planting know-how and nurturing new houseplants. So, what are the challenges gardeners face as we go into 2021? Our most famous green-fingered gurus offer their views. Monty Don "On a very basic level, the challenge is space. By the time I was in my early 30s I was ...