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DESCANT 151/Winter Reader Launch — February 8
Come join us for the Descant 151/Winter Reader Launch! Tuesday, February 8th, 2011/ 7:30pm Supermarket 268 Augusta Ave., Toronto Descant is proud to announce the arrival of its winter 2010 issue,...
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FEBRUARY 8: 2011 DESCANT/Winston Collins Prize
The Descant Arts & Letter Foundation Presents An evening celebrating the 2011 Winston Collins Prize for Best Canadian Poem! ———————————– Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 7:30 – 10:00 P.M. Supermarket...
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Winston Collins Winner and Honourable Mentions of 2011
On February 8, 2011 Descant announced the winner and two honourable mentions for this year’s 2011 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem at Supermarket, Toronto. The night went off...
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Further to our blog entry of February 16th, we would like to confirm the names of each poet short listed for this year’s Winston Collins Prize for Best Canadian Poem.* For 2011, our ‘short list’...
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DESCANT 152/Ghosts and The Uncanny Launch
__________________________________________________ Come out and help us celebrate the release of Descant 152: Ghosts and The Uncanny, which will hit store shelves on March 28th. April 6th at 7:30...
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INTERVIEW: ERIC SCHMALTZ, COORDINATOR OF THE GREY BORDERS READING SERIES
Fall is an important season for the literary arts in Toronto. Reading and festivals abound, like this past weekend’s Word on the Street at Queen’s Park, as do writing awards both big and small. With...
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Confessions of an OAC Juror
Dickens did not take critique very well either. The e-mail appeared in my inbox along with the usual make-money-from- home spam. It seemed I had been chosen to be a juror for the Ontario Arts Council....
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LeftWords addresses the issues that matter
This May marks the return of the LeftWords Festival of Books and Ideas, a day-long showcase of progressive and left-leaning authors, publishers, and book sellers. The festival, which has been on...
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Summer Subversions is summer, Descant-style! The best summers are those brimming with journeys, explorations and great reads. It just so happens that Descant’s warm-weather issue offers all three....
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Descant’s winter issue rolling out next month
Hello Descanters, it’s that time of year again! Not only is it one month until Christmas, it’s also one month until Descant‘s winter issue hits the streets. The winter months can be cold and lonely,...
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Descant’s Extant Yard Sale: But wait … there’s more!
Did you miss our 10th biennial yard sale last Saturday? Weep not, Descant friend. We are offering our favourite not-exactly-yard-sale-priced items for sale online, for one week only. All proceeds go to...
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Griffin Shortlist Evening: straight to the heart of poetry
I had a most extraordinary experience of silence last Wednesday night at the Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist Reading, here in Toronto. In a packed theatre you expect a certain amount of noise — a cough,...
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On Launching and Leaving
The beautiful cover of Descant 165, chosen months ago by Editor-in-Chief Karen Mulhallen, turned out to be prescient on the eve of our launch party. But despite the deluge Tuesday night, we had a great...
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