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The folks at the Toronto Star got word of our writing competition. Here’s a peek at the article below.

Ian Rankin

Author! Author?

Who will be acclaimed with stories started by professional writers and finished by high school students?

Write Across Ontario will give four winning students, one from each grade, $500 and their story published online in the Open Book Magazine.

It was easy to recruit award-winning authors Miriam Toews, Johanna Skibsrud and Ian Rankin for the story-starter competition, says Geoffrey Taylor, director of Authors at Harbourfront Centre. “Everybody believes, whether it’s young readers or young writers, that’s the future of publishing,” he says…

To read the rest of Barbara Turnbull’s article, click here!

We were lucky to partner with the Writers’ Trust of Canada and the Metcalf Foundation for the very first time this year to present an evening with the finalists of the 2011 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize at IFOA Hamilton (Oct.27). The evening was presented in partnership with Bryan Prince Bookseller and A Different Drummer Books.

Lawrence Hill reads on behalf of Esi Edugyan. Photo by Rahim Rajani © litontour.com

Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize winner Patrick deWitt signs for his fans. Photo by Rahim Rajani © litontour.com

Michael Christie reads from his debut, The Beggar’s Garden. Photo by Rahim Rajani © litontour.com

In celebration of 75 years of the Governor General’s Literary Awards – and 75 years of great books, we invited past winner Glen Huser to participate in our Young Readers programme!

Glen presented to over 200 students at an elementary school in Markham. Take a look!

Glen Huser presents to the students. Photo by Rahim Rajani © litontour.com

Glen Huser signs books for the students. Photo by Rahim Rajani © litontour.com