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  • Banner image with a background of light coloured silk sheets. A black banner reads Excerpt from Secret Sex edited by Russell Smith. Image of the cover of Secret Sex on the right. Open Book logo bottom left.
    Banner image with a background of light coloured silk sheets. A black banner reads Excerpt from Secret Sex edited by Russell Smith. Image of the cover of Secret Sex on the right. Open Book logo bottom left.
    January 12, 2024

    Read an Excerpt from Secret Sex, an Anthology of R-Rated Fiction Written Anonymously by CanLit's Finest

    24 stories, all of them firmly NSFW, make up the cheeky new collection Secret Sex, edited by Russell Smith (Dundurn Press/Rare Machines). Smith gathered 24 of the most acclaimed authors in the country, ...

  • The Trouble With Memoirs
    The Trouble With Memoirs
    July 26, 2022

    The Trouble With Memoirs

    A recent development in academic creative writing programs is the rise of “Creative Non-Fiction,” a genre supposed to be fundamentally journalistic but using the techniques of fiction. At its best, ...

  • On Becoming an Acquiring Editor
    On Becoming an Acquiring Editor
    June 03, 2022

    On Becoming an Acquiring Editor

    For thirty years I was on the other side of the desk: submitting books to editors who didn’t reply or who took six months to reply, who replied with no-thank-you formulae, or who replied with suggestions ...

  • "A Distinctive Voice" Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press's New Rare Machines Imprint
    "A Distinctive Voice" Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press's New Rare Machines Imprint
    October 19, 2021

    "A Distinctive Voice" Editor Russell Smith on Dundurn Press's New Rare Machines Imprint

    Dundurn Press has been a mainstay of the Canadian publishing landscape for almost fifty years, founded in the 1972 by Kirk Howard, who went on to serve as the press's longtime publisher as Dundurn expanded ...

  • Best Canadian Stories Editor Russell Smith on Short Fiction & the Importance of Variety
    Best Canadian Stories Editor Russell Smith on Short Fiction & the Importance of Variety
    January 02, 2019

    Best Canadian Stories Editor Russell Smith on Short Fiction & the Importance of Variety

    For more than 45 years, the most interesting, innovative, and memorable short stories of the year have been collected in Best Canadian Stories, with a list of past contributors that includes the likes ...

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