Columnists
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August 20, 2019Writing Through Trauma Is Writing Through Forgetting
By Shazia Hafiz RamjiA few days ago, I finished writing a short story. A new short story. Because my fiction is drawn from my life, I journalled first, did a freewrite, and then outlined the first half of the story to nudge ...
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July 31, 2019Why you should re-read books
By Chelene KnightI am a big reader, but I am an even bigger re-reader. Yes, I have a mountainous stack of to be read books, but I believe that it’s important to my writing practice—and to my basic existence—to dive ...
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July 26, 2019The Truth About the Slush Pile
By Naseem HrabSit down and write a manuscript. Craft it for many months—maybe, even years. Print off manuscript at your mom’s house. Carefully wrap it with your hopes and dreams. Place it in an envelope purchased ...
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July 23, 2019Why I Don’t Announce My Social Media Breaks
By Shazia Hafiz RamjiOver the past couple of years, I’ve watched several writers announce that they’re taking a break from social media. Sometimes they edit their profile so that their status, “on hiatus,” is added ...
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July 11, 2019Why We Need to Celebrate All Our Writing Milestones – Even the Small Ones
By A.H. ReaumeA few years ago, I got an offer to purchase a small personal finance blog that I ran. The buyer agreed to the amount that I asked for – only there was a catch. They would give me a third of the money ...
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July 03, 2019What We Owe To One Another
By Amanda LeducIn the immediate few weeks and months after the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) takes place in Brampton each May, I’m always struck by a strange feeling, something that’s equal parts euphoria, ...
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June 27, 2019On Hanging Laundry
By Chelene KnightI have an obsession with laundry hung on lines. The image literally stops me in my tracks. There’s so much thought put into the way the sleeves of shirts are pinned just close enough to the hem of a ...
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June 25, 2019A Few Key Things Every Newly Published Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators Should Know!
By Naseem HrabThe title says it all, guys! Here’s a roundup of a bunch of things that newly published authors and illustrators should know. Whether it’s resources on negotiating contracts or where to do research ...
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June 20, 2019On Synchronicity and Writing: The Path Back to Myself
By Shazia Hafiz RamjiLast month, I had the privilege of going on a road trip across Northern BC as part of an author’s tour organized by the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, for which my book of poems, Port of Being, was a finalist. ...
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June 18, 2019All Booked Up - Pivot Reading Series
By Elyse FriedmanThe roots of Pivot Readings stretch back to 1998, when poet Paul Vermeersch started a fiction and poetry reading series in Toronto’s adorably dilapidated I.V. Lounge. When that venue closed in 2008, ...