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Poor health keeps Alice Munro from attending Nobel ceremony

Nobel Prize for Literature winner Alice Munro will not attend the award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec.10. On his personal blog, Swedish Academy secretary Peter Englund writes, "Her health is simply not good enough. All involved, ... Read More »

October 18, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Kobzar shortlist announced

By Stuart Woods

The nominees for the 2014 Kobzar Literary Award, handed out every other year in recognition of Canadian books that present "a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit," include poetry, a play, a "folk history," and ... Read More »

October 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature [UPDATED]

By Stuart Woods

Alice Munro has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first Canadian (and only the 13th woman) to win one of the world's top literary accolades in the prize's 113-year history. In ... Read More »

October 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Salty Ink’s Judge a Book By Its Cover Contest winner announced

By Laura Godfrey

After weeks of waiting and a thousand votes, Salty Ink's Chad Pelley has announced the winner of the Judge a Book By Its Cover contest, out of a shortlist of three Atlantic Canadian books released ... Read More »

March 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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