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May 22, 2014Down the Hall: Léonicka Valcius and #Diversecanlit, Part 2
I met with Léonicka Valcius, organizer of the #diversecanlit, on Tuesday, May 6, to talk about the the issues, challenges, and solutions involved in making CanLit a more diverse enterprise. Part one ...
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May 14, 2014Acknowledgements: Athmika Punja, Operations
Book publishing, as an industry, is not unlike a Jenga tower held together by sheer force of will. If the industry works at all, it's only because many dedicated and diligent people work or little reward ...
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May 08, 2014Guttersnipes: Meags Fitzgerald
TCAF is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. It is an annual week-long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, featuring readings, interviews, panels, workshops, gallery shows, art installations, ...
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May 06, 2014Acknowledgements: Gillian Fizet & Jolise Beaton, Rights
Book publishing, as an industry, is not unlike a Jenga tower held together by sheer force of will. If the industry works at all, it's only because many dedicated and diligent people work or little reward ...
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May 21, 2014Down the Hall: Léonicka Valcius and #Diversecanlit, Part 1
If you're new to the world of Canadian literature – heck, even if you're not – you could be forgiven for thinking it's very … well … white. Not just the authors – the staff of publishing houses, ...
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May 12, 2014Acknowledgements: John Dejesus, Production
Book publishing, as an industry, is not unlike a Jenga tower held together by sheer force of will. If the industry works at all, it's only because many dedicated and diligent people work or little reward ...
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May 13, 2014Words & Curds: Alena Graedon, Author of the Word Exchange
On April 23, I met with debut American author Alena Gradeon, who just released her first novel, a language-based dystopian thriller called The Word Exchange, published by Random House Canada. Graedon, ...
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April 07, 2017
Ordering a Poetry Manuscript
There are a lot of steps to writing and publishing a book of poetry, well beyond the obvious writing of the poems. You have to be able to describe your manuscript (for grant applications and submissions), ...
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May 01, 2014Residential Zoning: Comics, Poutine, and the Publishing Ecosystem
Here's hoping you don't learn anything about me this May.My name is Evan Munday, and if you've heard of me at all, it was probably through my past publicity work at venerable Canadian indie press Coach ...
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April 02, 2017
Happy National Poetry Month!
It’s April, so happy National Poetry Month. I’m honoured to be featured as Open Book’s Writers in Residence this month, and I’m looking forward to blogging about writing and books and publishing ...
