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On Writing the Same Book Over and Over

In a 2015 webchat on The Guardian’s site, Kazuo Ishiguro was asked about his varied subject matter. He replied:“My subject matter doesn't vary so much from book to book. Just the surface does. The ...

On Family Secrets

Why does my writing tend to focus on family secrets? In particular, on children trying to unearth secrets tied to their parents’ pasts? I’m often asked these questions during interviews. The first ...

2025 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards – Winners Gala

On Sounding Stupid: A Love Letter to my OWN DAMN SELF

In my last post here I want to reflect back on what I realized about myself while writing these love letters to my lovely poet friends over the last month of isolation. I wasn’t sure at first where ...

Read an Excerpt from Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon

Though many of us live in urban surroundings, and may well be caught up in all of the concrete, glass, and metals that make up our neighbourhoods and streets, the natural world is always there, beneath ...

On Book Collecting

My favourite place to write is lying on an overstuffed grey sofa, in what was once our attic. My propped-up knees, with a firm cushion over top, form a kind of makeshift desk, on which my notebook perches. ...

Where Are the Classmates Now?

I met Rebecca Rosenblum in the Advanced Fiction Writing class during my undergrad in Creative Writing - at Concordia University, in Montreal. But Rebecca did not go to Concordia - she went to McGill - ...

The Many Faces of Writer's Block

Despite the fact that I don’t really believe in it, the words Writers’ Block always conjure up a dark, amorphous cloud in my mind.  Which is ironic, because the part I don’t believe is that there’s ...

The 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. ...

Sharon's Bench

I met Sharon shortly after I started building my home on Green Lake.  In the early times we were more like acquaintances than friends, the kind to say ‘hi’ and exchange a few words than to sit ...