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Tanya Talaga and André Alexis among longlisted authors for 2025 Toronto Book Award

Tanya Talaga and André Alexis have both been recognized on the longlist for the prestigious 2025 Toronto Book Award. This…

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Former President Joe Biden joked he could take on authors of new books questioning him in Oval Office

Former President Joe Biden made light of recent allegations questioning his mental faculties on Friday, joking that he could take…

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Entertainment

These authors were sold a romantasy convention. Instead, they got the Fyre Festival of the book world

The A Million Lives Book Festival was billed as a romantasy BookTok convention for indie authors and book fans, promising…

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Canada

Authors miffed by publisher’s offer to use their books for AI training

Authors are speaking out against a recent offer made by a major book publisher to pay them in exchange for…

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Entertainment

5 Canadian authors shortlisted for $100K 2024 Giller Prize

Éric Chacour, Anne Fleming, Conor Kerr, Anne Michaels and Deepa Rajagopalan are the five writers shortlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize. …

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Canada

Authors fighting deluge of fake writers and AI-generated books

Mat Auryn has been fighting for two years to stop the sale of books by mysterious authors he says blatantly plagiarized his work.…

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Entertainment

National Novel Writing Month defended the use of AI. Now authors are stepping down from its board

Writers are storming off the board of National Novel Writing Month, a popular literary non-profit that challenges writers to pen…

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Entertainment

Authors pull books from Giller Prize to protest Scotiabank’s investment in Israeli defence contractor

A prestigious Canadian literary prize will maintain its partnership with Scotiabank after nearly 20 authors pulled their books from consideration…

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