Writer and artist Jane Lind talks to Open Book about writing, reading and her book, Joyce Wieland: Writings and Drawings 1952-1971 (The Porcupine's Quill). Her other recent publications include Perfect Red: The Life of Paraskeva Clark (Cormorant Books). The launch for Joyce Wieland is on Thursday, March 25th at Ben McNally Books. See our events page for details.

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This morning, Shelagh Rogers announced the winners of the 2009 CBC Literary Awards on CBC Radio One's Q. The English-language winners were chosen from 80 finalists, who were chosen from 6,000 submissions. The winning entries will be in Air Canada's En Route magazine between April and September.

Winners of the CBC Literary Award

Creative Nonfiction category
First prize: Marian Botsford Fraser (Toronto, ON) for The Rise

Writer Carole Giangrande (An Ordinary Star, Cormorant Books) is hosting a literary podcast, Words To Go, a "showcase for upcoming writers, great reads and the spoken word." Giangrande says she's "always looking for suggestions for books to review, and for already-published stories to read." If you're reading something you love or have a published story, novel excerpt or memoir that you'd like to hear read on Words To Go, send Giangrande a note.

Open Book's Spring 2010 Magazine is online, featuring a thought-provoking 48-Hour Interview between writers Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer and Antanas Sileika, a profile of poet Karen Solie by Jon Eben Field, an essay about the future of editing by K Sawyer Paul and an essay about independent bookstores in Toronto by Terese Saplys. Check it out HERE.

John Steffler's latest poetry collection, Lookout, is in stores today. On Monday, April 19 at Dora Keogh Traditional Irish Pub, McClelland & Stewart will be celebrating the launch of three poetry titles: Steffler's Lookout, Ossuaries by Dionne Brand and The Reinvention of the Human Hand by Paul Vermeersch. See our events page for details.

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