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Our statement on the @GillerPrize dropping @scotiabank
NEW: The Giller Prize is cutting ties with main sponsor Scotiabank today, months before their contract is set to end This comes after more than a year of pushback from CanLit and beyond over Scotia's ties to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems theglobeandmail.com/arts/boo…
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Reminder that I'm accepting short fiction submissions at This Mag until Jan 26! Writers must be based in Canada. Stories must be 2500 words max.
From the Fiction Editor, H Felix Chau Bradley:  Fiction submissions are now open at This Magazine! Fiction editor H Felix Chau Bradley is accepting stories for publication in 2025 (summer, fall, and winter issues).
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I am looking for short stories to place in some 2025 issues of This Mag! Send me your best short fiction, 2500 words max, and spread the word.
From the Fiction Editor, H Felix Chau Bradley:  Fiction submissions are now open at This Magazine! Fiction editor H Felix Chau Bradley is accepting stories for publication in 2025 (summer, fall, and winter issues).
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A big thank you to everyone who donated to This Magazine as part of #GivingTuesday! Your support makes our work possible. There's still time to donate to our Winter fundraising campaign. We're hoping to raise $5000 by December 31st. this.org/donate/

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A ‘ceasefire’ is when Israel bombs Lebanon but Lebanon doesn’t retaliate, apparently
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Help support independent journalism!
We've launched our Winter fundraising campaign! This Magazine is hoping to raise $5000 by December 31st. Donate today and help support independent, progressive Canadian journalism this.org/donate/
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"Even in the absence of direct cuts to services, health-care managers have raised concerns that any dramatic reduction in spending would inevitably result in problems with access, including longer wait times for surgery."
1) A week ago, I wrote about Santé Québec considering as a last resort “a selective reduction of services” to the population to absorb a $1.5-billion deficit. Today, the health minister all but acknowledged he will use that last resort. montrealgazette.com/news/loc…
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“We stand in solidarity with Lisa Ko and Aisha Gawad and all writers who have been vilified for opposing war and genocide. To silence these voices is an attack on not only free speech, but on the truth.” @lithub lithub.com/hundreds-of-autho…
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42 student associations representing over 82 000 Quebec students have voted to strike tomorrow & Friday in solidarity with 🇵🇸. They want an end to all ties with 🇮🇱 pivot.quebec/2024/11/20/plus…

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"I want to do away with this false binary between writers and organizers." Organizer and author Jody Chan's closing remarks from the Boycott Giller counter-gala, staged directly outside the Park Hyatt where the Giller Prize ceremony was being held. It was one of six counter-programs staged nationwide, simultaneously - the No Arms In The Arts Tour. Full speech: instagram.com/p/DCkW-3GiPKD/
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why are we flooding a valley to power AI jesus christ
B.C.’s Site C dam comes on stream as new cabinet looks to secure power for AI, critical minerals theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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"The dead can read," says the writer accepting the $100k prize (funded by a bank that invests in a genocidal arms manufacturer). "Literature situates us morally," she says (while hundreds of other writers have signed a boycott against said prize). Indeed.
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New fiction up at This Magazine, by @emilyyu_writes! Always a delight to edit imaginative works like this one
"The Circus had its own magic system, but there was a different magic that bound us Blackbirds to our art. It made us stand out from the other acrobats. I was born in the Circus and I would die in the Circus; this was where I belonged." By @emilyyu_writes: this.org/2024/10/29/when-we-…
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A major petrochemical company in Sarnia's "Chemical Valley" beside Aamjiwnaang First Nation released extremely high levels of benzene in the air earlier this year, hospitalizing community members. Today they are holding a rally and press conference calling for better.
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Cdn authors, editors, booksellers, other literary workers can now sign on to boycott the Giller until they stop getting their money from genocidal funders - this is open to all of us, no longer just those people whose books were eligible this year!
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Our campaign, Canlit Responds, was asked to comment for this article. None of it was published. Here's what we sent, with minor edits for clarity.
A contentious partnership, high-profile resignations and accusations of antisemitism. Inside the turmoil at Canada's most prestigious literary prize trib.al/g0ZY13j
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