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
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
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
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
Arts Events
- XTRA Toronto – @XtraToronto