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J.E. Barnard on Her New Mystery Series, Julius Caesar, & How Floods Change People, Towns & Stories

Everyone in J.E. Barnard's When the Flood Falls (Dundurn Press) is having a tough time. From ex-RCMP corporal Lacey McCrae and her old university roommate, Dee, to even the Calgary foothills town they've ...

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Art After Money, Money After Art author Max Haiven on a Post-Work Society, Tea Sandwichs, & Sh*t Disturbing

Making art is work, but within our capitalist system, the relationship between money and art is anything but straight forward (cue all those corporate clients looking to pay for your art in "experience" ...

August 15, 2018

Go Long! Win a Collection of Incredible Long Poem Collections from Brick Books

Short may be sweet, but long can be even better - and the long poem is one of the toughest, most moving, most powerful forms out there. So we're especially excited to bring you a barnburner of a giveaway ...

August 13, 2018

Chadwick Ginther on Writing a Necromancer Who Longs for a Normal Life & Discovering His Themes

Corrupt morticians. Dead twins. Animated skeletons. And a necromancer named Winter who protects the city. This ain't your grandfather's Winnipeg. Instead, it's Chadwick Ginther's wonderfully dark and ...

August 09, 2018

Claudia Dey's Triumphant Return to the Novel with Heartbreaker

Claudia Dey's Stunt was an innovative, genre-pushing, wonderfully strange gem of a novel. After a few years spent on other endeavours, including acclaimed non-fiction, playwriting, and her successful ...

August 09, 2018