Literature

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

photo of Salman Rushdie

April 5

Salman Rushdie at U of T: celebrating freedom of expression, power of fiction

February 8

U of T creative writing team wins improv competition by combining laughs with storytelling

Photo of Ann Komaromi

January 20

U of T researcher's book on Soviet-era dissidents can shed light on Trump's populism

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