Columnists
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May 24, 2016Form Blurbs for Your Friends' Books
By Monica Heisey"From page one, this book had me enraptured. I could barely wait to turn to page two. I can say with complete certainty that pages 3-10 were equally incredible, and think we can all agree that's all you ...
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May 20, 2016Domestic Epic: an Interview with Ken Sparling
By James LindsayTo fully appreciate the books of CanLit anomaly Ken Sparling, it helps to think of his work as a single statement told from different perspectives. Each book is a unique view, yet every time we meet a ...
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May 18, 2016Kid Lit Can, with Susan Hughes: The Magic, The Wonder - Chatting with YA Fantasy Authors (Part 2)
By Susan Hughes & Submitted by KevinToday, I continue my conversation about writing fantasy with these four amazingly talented and experienced YA authors: Lena Coakley, Alyxander Harvey, Nicole Luiken, and Arthur Slade. Please feel free ...
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May 16, 2016Ten Years of Type
By Becky ToyneIn March 2006, across the street from the not-yet-hip Trinity Bellwoods Park, a storefront window on Queen Street West held a teaser display: a brown leather armchair piled with books. Behind the chair ...
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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 ...
