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August 25, 2017
Interview with Josh Holinaty
Today we’re speaking with the amazing Josh Holinaty! Josh is an illustrator who has done work for The New York Times, Wired and The Walrus. He’s also illustrated a bunch of children’s books including ...
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October 05, 2017"Our Culture Depends on our Literature" - Governor General's Literary Award Shortlists Released
Canada Council Director and CEO Simon Brault had strong and encouraging words for writers and publishers in Canada upon the release of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award shortlists yesterday, ...
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December 29, 2017The Canlit Year in Review: 2017 Can Suck It
I remember the moment when I realized that 2017 was going to irrevocably change Canlit. It was early in June, and I was sitting on a stage, speaking at a panel on diversity and the appropriation of voice. ...
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October 31, 2017
The Writer in the World: Coda
When I became that book all those years ago, the effects of art in my life were not definable. I only knew that I enjoyed storytelling and later I would appreciate that my relationship to story has everything ...
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October 25, 2017St. Catharines Festival of Readers Ramps Up Literary Engagement in Niagara Region
From November 3rd to 5th, The Festival of Readers: St. Catharines will bring acclaimed Canadian authors to the vibrant Niagara region. With guest authors including Tomson Highway, Kevin Sylvester, and ...
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May 17, 2016Public Exhibitions of a Private Act
A great many things in life that I expected to go one way have instead gone another. Imagine my surprise. Maybe this has happened to you, too. As example: I thought I'd know when I became an adult; that ...
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April 26, 2012Writers and Retreats: Pros and Cons
Banff, Yaddo, Sage Hill, Mom's basement... there are endless options for writing retreats all over the world, from the fabulous to the humble, and from the sanctioned to the DIY.Some writers swear by ...
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May 24, 2016The Entitled Interview with Nick Thran
Trillium award-winning poet Nick Thran's Mayor Snow (Nightwood Editions) delves into questions of power — personal and civic, poetic and political. Using parody, dark humour, and lines imbued with his ...
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July 04, 2014Our Lives of No Interest: the Compulsion to Confess
In middle age there is a mystery, there is mystification. The most I can make out of this hour is a kind of loneliness. Even the beauty of the visible world seems to crumble, yes even love. I feel that ...
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July 13, 2014Modest Portraits of My Mother
So perhaps my mother doesn’t need to be my queen; simply being my mother is already a lot, even if the rare kisses I place on her cheeks aren’t so majestic. —Kim Thúy, Ru**As a statue:Bootprints ...
