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Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Spotlight on Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
We asked the 2017 nominees: Do you consider yourself a politically engaged writer? How does that affect your work?
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Spotlight on Omar El Akkad
We asked the 2017 nominees: Do you consider yourself a politically engaged writer? How does that affect your work?
A question for author Claire Cameron: Are you a political writer?
Plus an excerpt from her Rogers Writers’ Trust-nominated book The Last Neanderthal
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Spotlight on David Chariandy
We asked the 2017 nominees: Do you consider yourself a politically engaged writer? How does that affect your work?
Rogers doubles financial award for Writers’ Trust Fiction prize
Over the past quarter century literary awards in Canada have loomed ever larger as sources of recognition and funding
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Spotlight on Katherena Vermette
We asked everyone shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize: Is there a non-contemporary author whose influence you feel in your own work?
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Spotlight on winner Yasuko Thanh
Yasuko Thanh won the 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Read an excerpt and short essay from her here
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Spotlight on Kerry Lee Powell
We asked everyone shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize: Is there a non-contemporary author whose influence you feel in your own work?
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Spotlight on Anosh Irani
We asked everyone shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize: Is there a non-contemporary author whose influence you feel in your own work?