Little House on the Prairie Author’s Name Removed From Award Over Book’s Racial Language
A division of the American Library Association has voted to remove the name of the Little House on the Prairie’s author from an award because [Read More]
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Award-winning local author releases coming-of-age book set in Canada’s oil patch
Award-winning author from Vernon, Natalie Appleton, will be at Mosaic Books in Kelowna next month to read from her newest literary work, I Have Something [Read More]
Irish novelist Edna O’Brien wins PEN/Nabokov lifetime award
Author behind Country Girls trilogy scoops $50,000 prize for breaking down ‘social and sexual barriers for women in Ireland and beyond’ The Irish novelist Edna [Read More]
Stella prize: longlist for $50,000 award includes Alexis Wright and Michelle de Kretser
Twelve books in running for award for writing by women showcase ‘a cornucopia of literary riches’, chair of judging panel says A literary portrait of [Read More]
Award-winning author visits TPS, kicks off writing workshop
Kyle Prue, award-winning author, gives Raymer Elementary School students a creative writing workshop on Friday. Looking out on an audience of nearly 50 eighth graders, [Read More]
Lisa Robertson named recipient of inaugural $40,000 C.S. Wright Award for Poetry
Canadian-born experimental poet Lisa Robertson has won the first C.S. Wright Award for Poetry, a $40,000 U.S. prize administered by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. [Read More]
Stephen King to Receive PEN Literary Service Award
The 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award has been awarded to Stephen King, author of horror and suspense classics such as “It” and “The Shining.” The award [Read More]