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August 12, 2021"There is Power in Sharing Ideas" Bree Galbraith's Hold That Thought Encourages Kids to Let Their Ideas Shine
In the middle of the night, Finn feels something strange and exciting. Something forming slowly, getting sharper and clearer each moment: it's an idea. And the idea fills Finn with a thrilling kind of ...
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October 06, 2019
Daddy Writer To be – Love at First Tarn
The older I got, especially when I started going to Simon Fraser University, the less I was interested in writing horror stories. As I was contemplating my own sexuality and identity, my stories shifted ...
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!["[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book](/var/site/storage/images/news/like-toni-morrison-said-i-wrote-the-book-that-i-wanted-to-see-in-the-world-nadia-l.-hohn-on-her-newest-picture-book/56148-1-eng-CA/Like-Toni-Morrison-said-I-Wrote-the-Book-That-I-Wanted-to-See-in-the-World-Nadia-L.-Hohn-on-Her-Newest-Picture-Book_blog_post_wide.jpg "\"[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World\" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book")
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August 20, 2019"[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book
Nadia L. Hohn is a teacher and an award-winning children's author, known for Malaika’s Costume and Malaika's Winter Carnival. This summer she's back with a new picture book: A Likkle Miss Lou: How ...
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September 15, 2014On the Idea of a Secret—a Conversation with Jennifer Londry
Part 3: Q&A with Jennifer LondrySandra Ridley: How do you integrate the direct and personal ‘I’ into your poetry? Or does the ‘I’ tend to be an ‘other’?Jennifer Londry: For me the ‘I’ ...
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May 30, 2015
Lollipops
Last Saturday, on a beautiful, cloudy morning in Vancouver, I went for a run on the Seawall. It was no ordinary run, mind you, but day 20 of my 16-week marathon-training schedule. I was to run 14 miles: ...
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August 02, 2016The Lucky Seven Interview, with Liam Card
In Stopgap (Dundurn Press) Liam Card brings his screenwriting background to his second novel, creating a tense, otherworldly pageturner with a wildly creative premise. In Stopgap, Luke Stevenson has been ...
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September 23, 2021"It’s All About Having a Laugh and Experimenting" Poet MLA Chernoff on Affect Apocalypses, the Meaning of Squelch, and More
MLA Chernoff's debut full length poetry collection, the delightfully titled [SQUELCH PROCEDURES] (Gordon Hill Press) explores childhood and identity, touching on gender norms, trauma, poverty, and more ...
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January 02, 2019Best Canadian Stories Editor Russell Smith on Short Fiction & the Importance of Variety
For more than 45 years, the most interesting, innovative, and memorable short stories of the year have been collected in Best Canadian Stories, with a list of past contributors that includes the likes ...
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April 14, 2011
A Poetry Love-In: The Poetry In Voice Recitation Finals
Someone, I think it was Robert Bly, said you feel a good poem all along your body, which probably explains the goose bumps I got when I attended the Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie recitation finals ...
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November 10, 2020"My Mind Instinctively Starts in Halloween Mode" Peter Counter on Horror as a Safe Space
Just because spooky season is over doesn't mean you have to pivot to Lifetime movies and all things feel-good. If you're someone who loves a good shiver up your spine in any month, you won't want to miss Peter ...
