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The $25,000 prizes recognize the best Canadian books of the year.

The author of Ghost Forest (Strange Light) is the winner of the forty-sixth annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award

Fiesta Hermosa returns to full strength this Memorial Day weekend, following a slimmed down fiesta last Labor Day Weekend. But to alleviate crowding downtown…

Here are the CBC Books picks for the top Canadian fiction of the year.

Enter to win one of 20 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 08-Nov 29, 2021. Were giving away TWENTY advanced readers copies of PROBABLY RUBY...

David A. Robertson curated this list of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's books, all which explore the legacy and impact of the residential school system.

Past The Wire Search May 18, 2021 Joan of Arc, a daughter of top Coolmore stallion, Galileo, lived up to her owners’ expectations when taking the Group 3 Irish 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown Racecourse. The winner of the one mile contest is out of the hugely successful broodmare and Group 2 winner You’resothrilling, the full sister to champion racehorse and champion sire Giant’s Causeway.  Joan Of Arc (11/4f) quickly went to the front of the field under English jockey R...

The Crash Palace is a book by Andrew Wedderburn.(Coach House Books, Malcolm Overend) The Crash Palace is about a woman named Audrey, who used to work in the oil fields and attend parties at a remote lodge in the wilderness known as the Crash Palace. Audrey has long left that life behind her, and now has a daughter. But one night, she is compelled to return to the now-abandoned Crash Palace — where she must also reckon with her past. When you can read it: Jan. 12, 2021 Andrew Wedderburn is a ...

Contests Poetry | June 15 – August 15 Short Forms | September 1 – November 15 Questions or problems with your submission? Need an alternate entry method due to a disability? Contact contests [at] roommagazine [dot] com. Read our Contest FIRST PRIZE: $1,000 +  Room’s 2021 Judge: Jenny Heijun Wills Jenny Heijun Wills is the author of “Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.” It won the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Nonfiction prize and the 2020 Eileen McTavish Sykes Best First ...