BooksThe ghosts that haunt the 2017 Governor General’s Literary AwardsFor the first time in years, the shortlists of the three major literary awards—the GG’s being the last to release—are distinct
CultureWho wins Canada’s literary prizes — and whyA closer look at the Gillers, the Writer’s Trust and the Governor General awards
BooksMadeleine Thien’s book about history’s fluidity wins a history-rich prizeShe may not have taken the Man Booker, but Madeleine Thien’s ’Do Not Say We Have Nothing’ is a worthy winner of the Governor General’s Award
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BooksThe new Canadian literary odd coupleThe approval of literary juries isn’t all that links Patrick Dewitt and Esi Edugyan
CultureDead: happily-ever-after endingsLasting romance, if not dead in contemporary literature, certainly isn’t winning any prizes