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Getting to know Glorious & Free Authors Kim Bozak & Rita Field-Marsham

Glorious & Free (House of Anansi Press) by Rita Field-Marsham and Kim Bozak examines the impact and inspiration of 33 exceptional Canadians, using their achievements and innovation as a lens to ...

Fanny Britt on Judy Blume, The Handmaid's Tale, & Reading Kundera Too Young

Acclaimed author, playwright, and translator Fanny Britt's Hunting Houses (House of Anansi Press) follows protagonist Tessa over just a few days, after she runs into her ex-boyfriend, who was her first ...

performance as editing

One night in 2000, I was sitting around the metaphorical campfire with some friends in Regina, Saskatchewan. We were talking about art and writing. We were talking about music and performance. One by ...

handwriting

We live in an age where everything is a click. A click here. A click there. A swipe. A scroll. Another click. We live in an age where everything is fast. We have all of the information that we would ...

Inspiration of Old Cree Stories

For years, I have been retranslating a book of old Cree stories. I am presently retranslating a story told by sâkêwêw: the story of opwâsimow kâ-kitimâkisit okimâwipayiw [a poor Stoney/ Nakota ...

writing with dyslexia

I could not really read until I was about eight. I have a distinct memory from 1977-- around June-- when I was sitting in my elementary school class watching other kids read. I had just transferred schools ...

Getting Personal with Nicole Lundrigan: Love Notes, an Autopsy, and More

Nicole Lundrigan's first five novels secured her reputation as an acclaimed, creative, and clever writer telling captivating stories in beautiful language. Her newest book, The Substitute (House of Anansi), ...

Fifth Business; First-Person Shooter - Whither the Great Video Game Adaptation?

When an author mentions a book adaptation, the next question the author fields is invariably about casting. The book adaptation is assumed to be a film or television series. After all, books have provided ...

Christine McNair on How Life Events Impact Writing & the Seismic Effect of Great Books

Christine McNair's first collection of poetry, Conflict, landed with a big splash: it was a finalist for the City of Ottawa Book Award, the Archibald Lampman Award, and the ReLit Award, and was shortlisted ...

the inspiration of Swedish poetry

the inspiration of Swedish poetryI have not written much in this blog yet about my work as a poet. I have two books of poetry out: Gabriel’s Beach and Songs to Kill A Wîhtikow. I have a third book, ...