Columnists
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December 06, 2016Ask & Answer Post-Tour
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloIn the spring of 2015, I became aware that fellow multi-disciplinary Toronto artist, Chase Joynt, was publishing his first book, You Only Live Twice. A long time admirer of Chase's work, I immediately ...
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November 28, 2016Six Tips For the Tired Activist
By Jael RichardsonEarlier this year, Quill & Quire referred to me as an activist on the cover of their February 2016 issue. I felt flattered, invigorated. I felt motivated by the call and the work. Today, just nine ...
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November 28, 2016
Kid Lit Can: What’s So Funny about Kids’ Books? Part 1
By Susan HughesA few weeks ago, while thinking about topics for this blog, I came to a startling realization: I’ve never hosted a funny Q and A blog. With funny authors. About funny children’s and YA books. Never.Why ...
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November 15, 2016“You can't write fiction on a napkin,” an Interview with Eva H.D.
By James LindsayThere is a strand of literature that aligns itself closer to the blue collar, working class values of general communication and accessible story telling than the “high-brow,” all encompassing grand ...
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November 10, 2016Profile on Michelle Berry’s Hunter Street Books, with a few questions
By rob mclennanThis month, Peterborough author Michelle Berry has opened up her new bookstore, Hunter Street Books (164 Hunter Street West, Peterborough), becoming (according to Kawartha Now) “the first return of ...
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November 03, 2016The Art of Giving Feedback
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloIn 2009, after I had finished an early draft of my first book, God Loves Hair, I gave some of my closest friends a copy of the manuscript for their feedback. It was a vulnerable experience, especially ...
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October 17, 2016
New Fall 2016 Children’s and YA Books! Part 2
By Susan HughesToday, I’m continuing my fun chat with five authors of exciting fall 2016 hot-off-the-press children’s books, including a picture book, a chapter book, a middle grade novel, a nonfiction book, and ...
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October 07, 2016How to keep a small chapbook press alive for twenty-three years (a primer)
By rob mclennanBy the time you read this, above/ground press will most likely be two or three items away from an accumulated eight hundred publications. How does that happen? Even I find it strange and remarkable that ...
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October 05, 2016How To Make a Great Book Cover
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloThe most important lesson I learned when I self-published my first book was that readers do judge a book by its cover. This is often framed as negative but as author and illustrator Annie Mok recently ...
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September 28, 2016Don’t Know Much About History: Memoir Crazy
By Dalton HigginsLiterary fiction and poetry are cool, but non fiction biographies are becoming cooler. Again. Some of us bookish geeks and authors tend to spend an inordinate amount of time tracking publishing industry ...
