Literature

Portrait of Margaret Atwood in front of a grey wall October 15, 2019 Margaret Atwood, a U of T alumna, shares Booker Prize for sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
Portrait of Gwen Benaway August 19, 2019 Award-winning author and U of T researcher Gwen Benaway on 'the transsexual body as a space of possibility'
photo of Lee Maracle July 25, 2019 U of T's Lee Maracle, an Indigenous Studies instructor, shortlisted for prestigious literature prize
Photo of Andrew James Paterson in his Toronto home May 28, 2019 'I don't like gatekeepers': Mixed-media artist Andrew James Paterson wins Governor General’s Award
Photo of Michael Ondaatje in London July 9, 2018 Celebrated writer, U of T alumnus Michael Ondaatje’s 'The English Patient' voted best-ever Man Booker Prize winner
Griffin poetry prize nominee Jordan Abel June 1, 2017 Scholars and writers at U of T conference dissect CanLit's relationship to land, Indigenous and racialized communities
May 24, 2017 Exploring CanLit's relationship to the land, Indigenous resurgence, racialized groups
photo of Salman Rushdie April 5, 2017 Salman Rushdie at U of T: celebrating freedom of expression, power of fiction
February 8, 2017 ​U of T creative writing team wins improv competition by combining laughs with storytelling
Photo of Ann Komaromi January 20, 2017 U of T researcher's book on Soviet-era dissidents can shed light on Trump's populism
Photo from book showing seance January 12, 2017 Undead or unexplained? Photos, books on the paranormal at U of T's Fisher Library
photo of books December 13, 2016 Bathsheba Everdene and more iconic Thomas Hardy characters at U of T’s Fisher Library
April 8, 2014 Students explore Milan to relive days of iconic 19th century author
March 28, 2014 Ukraine's national bard honoured by Maxim Tarnawsky at United Nations