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December 12, 2023Caroline Adderson on John Metcalf, Why Editors are So Valuable, and the Importance of Reading the Instructions
Behind the scenes of Canadian literature, few have had a bigger influence and impact than editor John Metcalf. Known for his his own fierce and often satirical writing, particular in the short story ...
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April 11, 2024Melanie Marttila Shows the Reader How She Moves Through the World in The Art of Floating
Inspired by the natural world and landscapes of northeastern and southwestern Ontario, and by personal, intimate moments in a person's life, Melanie Marttila has written a new collection of poems that ...
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May 07, 2024Wendy Orr Takes Readers to The Valley of Horses and Beyond in Her Newest Book
During the fraught and uncertain years of the COVID-19 pandemic, author Wendy Orr and her family found themselves in Australia, locked-down and away from family back in Canada. Worried about the ways ...
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October 28, 2024Kris Vanessa Teo Xin-En's New Cross-Cultural Drama Warms Hearts and Challenges Stereotypes
Prolific artist Kris Vanessa Teo Xin-En has shown vast range in her career as a playwright, performer, director, producer, and co-artistic director, and her latest work is a cross-cultural drama about ...
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July 08, 2025KidLit Convos with Editor Katie Scott, Author Mélina Schoenborn and Illustrator Sandra Dumais
We're delighted today to share a special KidLit Convo between not only the author and illustrator of the award-winning new title, Bob the Boo-Boo (Kids Can Press), but also senior editor Katie Scott. ...
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July 22, 2017Inspiration of Old Cree Stories
For years, I have been retranslating a book of old Cree stories. I am presently retranslating a story told by sâkêwêw: the story of opwâsimow kâ-kitimâkisit okimâwipayiw [a poor Stoney/ Nakota ...
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May 19, 2017
Kid Lit Can: Personal "Firsts" In Kid Lit, Part Two
Welcome back to my conversation with five amazing authors about their “firsts” in children’s publishing.Just to catch you up: Naseem Hrab is pleased to have her first picture book published; Suzanne ...
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December 18, 201617 for 2017: Chase Strangio recommends Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation
8. Exile & Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation by Eli Clare recommended by Chase StrangioThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books ...
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December 31, 201617 for 2017: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore recommends For the Children?: Protecting Innocence In A Carceral State
14. For the Children?: Protecting Innocence In A Carceral State by Erica R. Meiners recommended by Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling ...
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October 07, 2016
Ampersands and
The symposium that I’m attending in Glasgow is part of a larger festival that has poetry popping up all over the city in various forms. Last night, I got to see some glorious visual manifestations in ...
