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Interview with Caroline Topperman

January 8, 2025

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Your Roots Cast a Shadow: One Family’s Search Across History for Belonging by Caroline Topperman (HCI Books, 2024) is a fascinating and immersive exploration of mixed-heritage belonging as Caroline and her husband move from Vancouver, BC to Poland, where they both have roots. There, they hope to find a sense of home but after the honeymoon stage of being in a new place passes, Caroline is confronted with the reality of their choice: she grew up speaking the language, but…

2023 CNFC-Humber Literary Review CNF Contest Longlist

April 20, 2023

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The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the long list for this year’s creative nonfiction contest. Congratulations to the following writers! Anita Allen – Funhouse Carmen Farrell – Closet Full of Monsters Raymond Gariepy – The Unborn and Born Dead are Yet Among Us Rayyan Kamal – Departure Lounge Ivy Lerner-Frank – Mercy Dhana Musil – By Association Laura Ollerenshaw – Of Least Concern Adelle Purdham – Wild Horses Laura Wershler – To…

Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 CNFC/HLR Nonfiction Contest!

June 26, 2022

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The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the winner for this year’s creative nonfiction contest. Congratulations to Taslim Jaffer! Her submission Survival “is beautiful through and through, an elevated memoir that goes beyond rich storytelling into universal themes about motherhood and immigration. It takes great skill to weave together entomology and ethnography into a personal narrative, but the writer’s sharp voice and exquisite craft makes it seamless” according to our contest judge, Omar Mouallem…

CNFC and HLR Contest Longlist Announced!

May 30, 2022

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The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the long list for this year’s creative nonfiction contest.

The Canada Council “Doesn’t Like Fact”?

December 27, 2021

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Christopher Moore, for the CNFC Blog Ken Whyte runs Sutherland House, a newish publisher dedicated to Canadian nonfiction. And he is worried about Canadian nonfiction. Memoir is doing fine, he acknowledges, and it is part of his publishing program. His concern is the decline in Canadian publishing of what he calls “works of history, biography, natural science, philosophy, religion, politics, criticism, and any other researched non-fiction that intends something other than personal reflection.” He’s concerned that part of the problem…

Meet Board Member Fiona Campbell

November 12, 2021

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Recently CNCF’s Lesley Buxton had the pleasure of interviewing new board member Fiona Campbell.

A Mentor, a Mentee, and a Beautiful Residency

September 8, 2021

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In our latest blog post, CNCF member, Sandra Phinney, and Board Member, Darryl Whetter discuss the importance of mentorship.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2021 CNFC/HLR Nonfiction Contest

July 28, 2021

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The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the winner for this year’s creative nonfiction contest.

2021 Contest Longlist Announced!

April 29, 2021

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The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the long list for this year’s creative nonfiction contest.