Literature

Dede Akolo holds their Cressy Award

November 6

U of T graduate Dede Akolo, a writer and poet, on why it's 'important to find a community'

Portrait of Gwen Benaway

October 29

Gwen Benaway and two other U of T community members win Governor General's Literary Awards

Portrait of Karen McBride taken outside with flowers in the background

October 18

‘I went right to my own mythology’: U of T alumna Karen McBride explores Indigenous legend and myth in debut novel

Portrait of Margaret Atwood in front of a grey wall

October 15

Margaret Atwood, a U of T alumna, shares Booker Prize for sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale

Portrait of Gwen Benaway

August 19

Award-winning author and U of T researcher Gwen Benaway on 'the transsexual body as a space of possibility'

photo of Lee Maracle

July 25

U of T's Lee Maracle, an Indigenous Studies instructor, shortlisted for prestigious literature prize

Photo of Andrew James Paterson in his Toronto home

May 28

'I don't like gatekeepers': Mixed-media artist Andrew James Paterson wins Governor General’s Award

Photo of Michael Ondaatje in London

July 9

Celebrated writer, U of T alumnus Michael Ondaatje’s 'The English Patient' voted best-ever Man Booker Prize winner

Griffin poetry prize nominee Jordan Abel

June 1

Scholars and writers at U of T conference dissect CanLit's relationship to land, Indigenous and racialized communities

May 24

Exploring CanLit's relationship to the land, Indigenous resurgence, racialized groups

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