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Manitoba Book Awards put on hold after study recommends dismantling ‘unsustainable’ program

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Manitoba Book Awards put on hold after study recommends dismantling ‘unsustainable’ program

An organizer of Manitoba’s Biggest Book Night said she was “heartbreaking” by the decision to end the awards ceremony, which has recognized literary talent in the province for more than three decades. In recent years, the Manitoba Book Awards have been organized by a coalition of Plume Winnipeg (formerly the Winnipeg International Writers Festival), the […]

Book clubs are making a comeback – but modern readers are bringing their own twists

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Book clubs are making a comeback – but modern readers are bringing their own twists

Reading bestsellers one after another in bars? Combining food and fiction? Reading science fiction in silence over Zoom? These aren’t typical book clubs, but they offer exactly the unexpected plot twist that modern readers are looking for. With the rise of celebrity book clubs and the popularity of #BookTok, a hashtag used on TikTok to […]