Detail of photo by the Frankfurt School from the Torontoist Flickr Pool..
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Detail of photo by the Frankfurt School from the Torontoist Flickr Pool..
While going to York University may seem like a giant hassle (Torontoist recommends you pack a snack for the trip), this year’s Ioan Davies Memorial Lecture is shaping up to be worth the drive or TTC ride to York.
For every prestigious award shows there will be people who complain that the prize is rigged. The Gillers, Canada's most prestigious literary award, is no stranger to this. In its 13 year history the prize has been criticized for its bias towards larger publishers, to Ontario authors and any number of other shortcomings.
If authors Thomas King and Joseph Boyden ever teamed up as Can-Lit superheroes this could be their secret identities.