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Literary News

Check out these great liiterary links and twitter feeds.  If you have a great site, please email us and we can do a link-swap.  Be sure to check out our Facebook group and Twitter feed (on home page).

Canadian | International | Literary  Contests/Awards | Literary Events | Arts Events

Toronto

• Xtra – Literary News – @xtratoronto
• BlogTO on Books  – literary news @blogto
• Now Toronto Books – @nowtoronto
• Open Book Toronto – @openbooktoronto
• Toronto Star Books Section – @starentertain

Writing Groups/Organizations/Workshops

• Pink Ink (LGBT writing group at 519 for youth)
• Directory of Professonal Writing organizations
• The Writing Space

Local Artists

• Farzana Doctor (Stealing Nasreen, Six Metres of Pavement)
• Sunny Drake (performance)
• Dorianne Emmerton (short fiction, drama, film, multimedia)
• Brian Francis (author of Fruit, Natural Order)
• Jeffrey Luscombe (Shirts and Skins)
• Nicki Nichola Ward (graphic poetry, performance)
• Alan T. Orr (fiction)
• Marcy Rogers (fiction, drama)
• Stuart Ross (poet)
• Vivek Shraya  (God Loves Hair, multimedia, music, film)
• Matthew J. Trafford (Divinity Gene)
• R.M. Vaughn (writer and video artist)

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Canadian

• LRC – Literary Review of Canada – @lrcmag
• Globe and Mail – Books & Media @globebooks
• Macleans Magazine – Literary  – @macleansmag

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International

• New York Times – Books – @nytimesbooks
• BBC – Literature (UK)
• Huffington Post – Books @HuffPostBooks
• New Yorker – books – @nyerfiction
• NPR – Books (US) – @nprbooks
• OUT Magazine – Books – @outmagazine
• The Advocate Magazine – Books @theadvocatemag

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Literary Contests/Awards

• CBC literary prizes (short fic, poetry)
• CBC Poetry Contest
• Toronto Star Short Fiction – Check site for latest rules (2013)
• Governor General’s Literary Award
• Canadian Author’s Association
• Giller (CAN)
• Griffin (CAN)
• Man Booker (UK)
• Nebula (Science Fiction)
• Wikipedia list of Canadian Lit Awards

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Literary Events

• Open Book Toronto – @OpenBookToronto
• NOW Toronto – Readings – @nowtoronto
• Toronto Public Library Programs and Classes  – @torontolibrary
• Toronto Arts Online – @torontoarts
• Livewords.ca – @livewords_
• LRC (Literary Review of Canada) – @lrcmag

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Arts Events

• XTRA Toronto – @XtraToronto

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