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Allan Slaight Prize

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

Get to know our 2020 jury

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Arts & Culture / Books / January/February 2021

Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020

December 7, 2020January 8, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

From a dystopia that vilifies sleep to a heartbreaking account of the end of a life, here are some of our leading contemporary writers’ favourite books of the year

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Living Rooms

November 11, 2020December 16, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

The shifting foundations of where and how we live

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November/December 2020 / Visual Art

William Ukoh Photographs a World of Leisure and Black Beauty

October 29, 2020October 30, 2020 - by Connor Garel

For the artist, rest and relaxation aren’t just aesthetics—they are where freedom is found

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Environment / September/October 2020

What Frogs Can Teach Us about the State of the World

September 16, 2020January 18, 2021 - by Caitlin Stall-Paquet

By tracking amphibian songs, citizen scientists are helping us understand what’s happening to our environment

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Fiction / Memoir / Poetry

Summer Reading 2020

July 16, 2020July 20, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

New fiction, memoir, and poetry for the times we live in

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Terra Cognita

June 29, 2020August 31, 2020 - by Robert Jago

The Indigenous stories we would rather be telling

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Record of a Pandemic

April 7, 2020August 6, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

COVID-19 has transformed our world. The Walrus explores these changes and asks what comes next

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