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May 17, 2017
The In Character Interview, with Heather Camlot
When Jackie Robinson joined the Montreal Royals in 1946 (a year before his historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers), it seemed the world was changing. And that sense of change and possibility is the ...
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November 24, 2016The In Character interview, with Heather Tucker
Heather Tucker's debut novel The Clay Girl (ECW Press) marks the arrival of a writer who will make you impatient for the next book. Confident, lyrical, tough, and populated by unforgettable characters, The ...
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October 20, 2016The In Character Interview, with Nora Gold
If you've ever known someone who couldn't get over that one old flame, you'll recognize the obsessive protagonist of Nora Gold's The Dead Man. Eve is still fixated on her brief relationship with music ...
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April 28, 2017The In Character Interview, with our May writer-in-residence, Jowita Bydlowska!
Jowita Bydlowska first connected with readers through her raw and vulnerable memoir, Drunk Mom. She's now turned her attention to fiction, with the publication of Guy, maintaining her trademark unflinching ...
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January 04, 2017The In Character Interview, with Paul Carlucci
The characters in Paul Carlucci's A Plea for Constant Motion (House of Anansi Press) are not necessarily people you'd want to befriend, but they are not people you'll ever forget. From the damaged to ...
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September 12, 2023The Infinite Library
A few years ago I led a writing workshop and introduced a prompt I called “The Infinite Library.” I had students imagine they had entered a library containing every possible unwritten novel, and could ...
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November 29, 2018
The Journey is More Important Than the Destination
My hope for every person on this planet is that they die never having completed everything on their bucket list. That may sound strange and morbid now, but please bear with me. I hope by the end of this ...
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October 27, 2016The Journey Prize Writers
The 2016 Writers’ Trust / McLelland & Stewart Journey Prize, the winner of which will be announced on November 2, may be slightly overshadowed by the other prizes given out that night: namely, the ...
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September 01, 2022The Joy of Building a List
Early on, when I still thought I’d be a writer rather than work in publishing, I remember coming across a lovely quote from Toni Morrison saying something along the lines of “If you can’t find the ...
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September 27, 2022The Joy of Literary Festivals – And Dreams Coming True
It’s hard to believe we’ve come to the end of September and that the time I have been privileged to spend with you on this Open Book platform is almost over. Looking back at what I have shared with ...