Congratulations to LPG member @talonbooks.bsky.social and Hajer Mirwali for winning the Gerald Lampert Award for best debut book of poetry for her collection REVOLUTIONS!
Congratulations to LPG member @talonbooks.bsky.social and Hajer Mirwali who was named winner of the 2026 Trillium Book Award for Poetry!
Hajer Mirwali has won the 2026 Gerald Lampert Award for a debut book of #poetry! Remarkable in content and style, Revolutions is a mighty debut. Congratulations, Hajer! See all of the winners of this year’s League of Canadian Poets Book Awards here:
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New review! @melanie-b-f.bsky.social writes a lovely, thoughtful piece about Save Your Prayers – Send Money by @jkirton.bsky.social in the @winnipegfreepress.com. #Booksky💙📚
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June is Indigenous History Month! If you want to mark the occasion with a book, we’ve put together a reading list of some truly excellent titles that range from personal to public, funny to unsettling, and deep to the whimsical.
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Hajer Mirwali has won the 2026 Trillium Book Award for Poetry for her debut book Revolutions! This powerful work looks at the linking forces of shame, pleasure, and surveillance. Congratulations on this well-deserved win, Hajer! Go Revolutions! 🌀📚️ #Poetry #Booksky💙📚
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The Niagara on the Lake Local highlights the forthcoming Lighthouse Theatre productions of Crees in the Caribbean by Drew Hayden Taylor:
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Congratulations to this year's winners: Hajer Mirwali, Karen Solie & @rsalazar.bsky.social. @talonbooks.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
We are thrilled to share that ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn has won the @writersguildab.bsky.social 2026 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction for his incredible book ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another!
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It's Pride Month! We’re happy to take any opportunity to celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ voices, perspectives, art, and self-expression. Talonbooks has put together a reading list of titles by queer and gender diverse authors to put on your radar for Pride.
Learn more here:
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Interim artistic producer David Leyshon says 'the play pairs laugh-out-loud moments with emotional depth, using humour as an entry point for conversations about identity, relationships and human conne...
League of Canadian Poets Award winners announced #CanLit #CanPo
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Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the winners of the 2026 Raymond Souster Award, Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and Gerald Lampert Memorial Award!
