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May 17, 2017
Michael Winter's collages
I spent half of March writing a very long abstract (1,200 words) for an essay I was going to present at some conference but I just heard back today and they said no. Two weeks of work for nothing? (Not ...
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January 09, 2017The WAR Series: Writers as Readers, with JonArno Lawson
JonArno Lawson The Hobo's Crowbar (Porcupine's Quill) is an infectiously rhythmic collection of children's poetry, filled to the brim with Lawson's trademark (and award-winning) whimsy and wit. The playfulness ...
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October 24, 2016
A Poetry Bookshop in Toronto
An exciting thing happened in Toronto while I was away. Jeff Kirby opened a poetry bookshop, knife|fork|book, in Rick’s Café in Kensington Market. Having missed the October 6th grand opening, I raced ...
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September 01, 2014Hello, My Name Is Diane!
Well, no. It’s not. But this is what happens when I get nervous—the wrong words leave my mouth. I blurt statements I don’t believe. I say things that are incredibly, obviously erroneous and false. ...
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October 05, 2016The WAR Interview Series: Writers as Readers, with Devon Code
Journey Prize winner Devon Code moves from the short story to the novel with his newest book, Involuntary Bliss (BookThug). The insight and deft prose that won Code accolades for his short story collection, ...
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September 19, 2016
The In Character Interview With Leon Rooke
Leon Rooke has been called "a national treasure" by the Globe and Mail with good reason — his contributions to CanLit over an astounding 50 years of work have been hugely influential. And he's not slowing ...
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October 11, 2016The Proust Questionnaire, with Karen Dubinsky
For Canadians, the idea of Cuba mainly conjures up all-inclusive vacations, buffets, and boozy tropical cocktails. But Karen Dubinsky's Cuba beyond the Beach: Stories of Life in Havana (Between the ...
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September 15, 2016The Word on the Street Interview Series: Cordelia Strube
Cordelia Strube occupies a unique niche in CanLit — known for both her witty storytelling and slyly comic approach to fiction, she's also praised for her keen emotional insight and layered, sophisticated ...
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November 16, 2016The Lucky Seven interview with Rolli
Tense, dark, unexpected, and revelatory -- there's a lot of atmosphere and emotion packed into Rolli's The Sea-Wave (Guernica Editions), and its slim footprint, at 168 pages, makes it all the more impressive. ...
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December 06, 2017The Striped Scrapper
When I was fifteen, Dad moved my sibs and I from the chilly West Coast to the hurricane belt—Grand Cayman Island. We spent six months living by the Caribbean Sea where Dad, bewigged and robed, practiced ...
