5 Canadian Writers Shortlisted for 70k Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

There are novels and a short story collection.

Panzer's second stop today was at the CBC site. There he found an announcement about the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.

 

According to the post, the five authors and their books have been chosen for this year's prize shortlist. The post contains an explanation of the prize and the shortlist criteria. A short book description and author bio for each shortlisted book is included at the end of the post.

 

Panzer says, "It's an interesting mix of books"

 

Note: This is another long post, so you'll need to decide what you want to snack on while you read there too.

 

To read the post tootle over to Shortlist 

National Novel Writing Month defended the use of AI. Now authors are stepping down from its board - CBC

Something smells bad here.

When Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere, he stopped in at the CBC (Canadian) news blog site. There our traveling kitty found a post about the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) organization. Panzer posted a few days ago about the issue covered in the CBC's post.

 

According to Kevin Maimann.s post on the CBC's site, authors on NaNoWriMo's boards who disagree with the organization's stand on AI and the language used to illuminate that stand are leaving the board of directors. One sponsor organization has also withdrawn it's support.

 

Panzer says, "NaNoWriMo sure stepped into a big pile of you know what with that post."

 

Note: This is a very long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on while you read.

 

To read the post tootle over to NaNoWriMo AI Controversy

To read Panzer's previous post tootle over to NaNoWriMo and AI