Our mandate is to educate and increase the general public’s understanding and appreciation of the literary arts in Canada.

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Celebrating the 75th Anniversary

The GG Fiction Collection
Second Exhibit

University of Toronto
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
120 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario
October 2012 to January 2013

Rare book exhibit with GG winning author readings.

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The GG Fiction Collection
First Exhibit

University of Alberta Libraries
Bruce Peel Special Collections Library,
B7 Rutherford South, Edmonton, Alberta
13 September 2010 to 11 February 2011

The first exhibit of a complete rare book collection of Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction winners. Free admission.

Exhibition Catalogues available for purchase

($25 softcover / $40 hard cover)

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Third National Book Collecting Contest 2011-12

For young Canadians under 30 years of age. Launched in Fredericton, New Brunswick on the 30 May 2011.

Entries must be postmarked no later than 5 March 2012.

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Marathon Reading Series

In 2010 we began a series of public readings of important Canadian literature. Over fifty people read from George Bowering’s GG award winning novel Burning Water during a 12 hour period on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver on 30 July. On 31 October, in partnership with the Heart of the City Festival, over forty people read from Paul Yee’s Saltwater City: An Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver. We look forward to producing additional marathon readings.

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William Arthur Deacon (1890-1977), Canadian literary critic and editor

The W.A. Deacon Literary Foundation is a registered Canadian Charity BN 80330 6018 RR0001