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Canada’s biggest documentary festival says it’s dying. Documentarians worry they’re next

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Canada’s biggest documentary festival says it’s dying. Documentarians worry they’re next

A misunderstood and mistreated killer whale. An investigation into the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and American gun culture at large. An inconvenient truth about the future of planet Earth in the face of devastating climate change. If you go by overwhelmingly successful films like Blackfish, Bowling for Columbine and An Inconvenient Truth, it might seem like documentaries are … Read more

Eleanor Catton among 3 Canadian authors shortlisted for $204K Carol Shields Prize

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Eleanor Catton among 3 Canadian authors shortlisted for 4K Carol Shields Prize

Eleanor Catton is among the five North American authors shortlisted for the second iteration of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.  The $150,000 USD ($203,971.50 Cdn) prize recognizes the best fiction book by a woman or non-binary writer from the U.S. and Canada. It is presently the largest international literary prize for women writers. Each of the four remaining finalists will … Read more