Celebrating Canada's biggest literary prize @Gillerprize and raising money for @UForLiteracy.
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25 Jul 2024
We were pleased to host the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Edith Dumont, and His Honour Mr. Viscardi in Thunder Bay. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support from Lieutenant Governor Dumont.
Learn more about our summer events: unitedforliteracy.ca
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24 Dec 2023
Season’s Greetings from United for Literacy! Wishing you a wonderful holiday season filled with joy, peace, and a love of learning.
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14 Nov 2023
"Birnam Wood takes its title from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but it’s not a straight-up adaption of the play. Instead, every one of the characters is a contender for the role of the ambitious anti-hero." #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
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14 Nov 2023
"The Double Life of Benson Yu began as I reconsidered my own childhood as a bullied kid who could never admit he was a bullied kid. In this novel, a washed-up writer tells a story of his childhood in Chinatown in the 1980s." #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
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14 Nov 2023
"Study for Obedience was inspired by the painter Paula Rego’s suggestion that women’s obedience, their acts of service, can be, as she said, “murderous.”" #ScotiabankGillerPrize #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit
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13 Nov 2023
Hop on to our Instagram page after the @GillerPrize show to catch what our book defenders have to say about the outcome of the event.
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13 Nov 2023
.@thatkevinchong is a finalist for the 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize for his novel, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU. bit.ly/3QQl5h7 #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading
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13 Nov 2023
Eleanor Catton is a finalist for the 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize for her novel, BIRNAM WOOD. bit.ly/3QQl5h7 #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading
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13 Nov 2023
The 2023 #ScotiabankGillerPrize winner will be announced tonight at 9 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. AT, 12 a.m. NT) on @CBC! bit.ly/3QQl5h7 @rickmercer #GillerPrize #CravingCanLit #WhoAreYouReading
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13 Nov 2023
If you haven't yet checked it out, we've got book sets, experiences, wine tastings, overnight hotel stays, and more up for auction! Click the link to bid: trellis.org/giller-light-bas…
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13 Nov 2023
It's Giller Day! Are you tuning in? Watch the live stream of the @GillerPrize online at cbc.ca/books
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#gillerprize #gillerlightbash
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11 Nov 2023
All proceeds contribute to advancing United for Literacy programs nationwide! Bid today at trellis.org/giller-light-bas…
The auction closes on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. ET.
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10 Nov 2023
Check out the 5th and final @gillerprize #bookdefence by #SamanthaWarwick. Samantha is defending #StudyforObedience by #SarahBernstein, published by @KnopfCA. @UForLiteracy #gillerprize #gillerlightbash #canlit #literacymatters instagram.com/p/CzeKIg-grqW/…
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9 Nov 2023
Check out the #gillerlightbash's 4th defence by #misslararae. Lara is defending #thedoublelifeofbensonyu by #KevinChong published by @SimonSchusterCA. instagram.com/p/Czb5cG6AGY_/
@UForLiteracy @GillerPrize #bookdefence #canadianbooks #canlit #readmore #listennow
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8 Nov 2023
Check out @franekwuyasi defend the book The Island: Stories by @DionneIrving, published by @CatapultStory for the #Gillerlightbash in support of @UForLiteracy. instagram.com/p/CzZQxH5AEt9/
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8 Nov 2023
Check out @padmav, our 2nd Book defender, defending Birnam Wood by #Eleanorcatton published by @MacmillanUSA. instagram.com/p/CzWvhoUgAIz/….
#gillerlightbash @gillerprize @UForLiteracy #canadianbooks #canlit #canadianauthors #readmorebooks
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6 Nov 2023
Check out our first #gillerlightbash #bookdefender @brentvans, defending the book, All the Colour in the World by C.S. Richardson @DravotCarnehan, published by @KnopfCA. Looking forward to @gillerprize and raising funds for @UforLiteracy instagram.com/gillerlightbas…
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6 Nov 2023
Meet the 2023 #Gillerlightbash #bookdefenders, as we await the @gillerprize on Mon, Nov, 13. Check out their defences throughout the week, and visit gillerlightbash.ca to see the Canada-Wide Auction and the Ontario 50/50 raffle. All proceeds support @UForLiteracy.
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6 Nov 2023
Get ready to bid!✋
Our online auction starts TODAY and closes on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. ET. We'll have sports packages, books, gift cards, and much more! Check out more info in our webpage.
#auction #canada #gillerlightbash #canadianauthors #CanLit
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