Columnists
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May 11, 2016Posthumous Lit: How Do You Capture a Dead Author’s Voice and Intentions?
By Dalton HigginsYou all know the saying. It goes something like this. The only three things guaranteed in life are death, taxes, and the Toronto Maple Leafs not making the playoffs. Okay, so I tacked on the latter Leafs ...
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May 06, 2016Comics in Parkdale - the Draw of a Good Comic Book Store
By Naben RuthnumMy interest in superhero movies has plunged to zero in the past couple of years, but I’ve found myself steadily reading more comic books. Thinking about this just after the recent Authors for Indies ...
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April 20, 2016Kid Lit Can, with Susan Hughes: the Magic, the Wonder - Chatting with Ya Fantasy Authors (Part 1)
By Susan Hughes & Submitted by KevinIn my capacity as freelance story coach and manuscript critiquer, I receive many inquiries and, interestingly, I’ve realized that a disproportionately high number of them are from writers working on ...
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April 18, 2016A Few Quick Requests from Your Publisher
By Monica Heiseyfrom: yourpublisher@pubhouse.comto: an.author@gmail.comsent: 3/22/16 22:10subj: quick favourHi hi,I know your final draft is due in a few months, but wanted to check if it was at all possible to get a ...
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April 12, 2016Why Don’t We Take Sports Writing Seriously?
By Stacey May Fowles & Submitted by KevinIn February of last year, Canadian Notes and Queries publisher Dan Wells kindly approached me with a question. “Brainstorming a games issue of CNQ,” he wrote in an email. “Wondered if you might ...
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April 08, 2016Food for Thought: Hungry for #Diversecanlit
By Jael RichardsonThere was a homeless man standing on the side of the road the other day with a sign that read “Lost my job. Spare a bit of change.” I didn’t have change – I rarely do – but I had a banana, so ...
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April 07, 2016On Fallout: an Interview with Michael Lista About "the Shock Absorber"
By James LindsayPlease note the views and opinions expressed by writers in the Open Book writer-in-residence program are the authors' own and do not necessarily reflect those of Open Book, its staff or contributors__________________________________________________________________________When ...
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April 05, 2016How to Give Good Read
By Vivek Shraya & Submitted by kateburgessIn a month, I will be hitting the road to tour my new book of poetry, even this page is white. In addition to trying to manage the general anxieties that arise when putting art into the world, I have ...
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April 01, 2016Writing in Public
By Naben Ruthnum & Submitted by kateburgessHarlan Ellison would occasionally set up a typewriter in the front window of a bookshop and crank out a story on public display for anyone who cared to watch him. The point he was making (other than the ...
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March 09, 2016Kid Lit Can, with Susan Hughes: Sex, and Drugs, and Rock and Roll: Writing Edgy Ya (Part 2)
By Susan Hughes & Submitted by kateburgessThey’ve written about it all: drugs, gambling, sexual harassment, suicide, sexual abuse, physical abuse, cutting, death, sex, drugs, body image issues, bullying, STDs, abduction...Today I continue my ...