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May 12, 2016At the Desk: Jenna Butler
Many writers wear a lot of hats, between dayjobs, other passions, and family demands. But Jenna Butler has a particularly interesting second identity, and she's brought her other life and her writing ...
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April 02, 2017At the Desk: Jennifer LoveGrove
We're excited to announce that Jennifer LoveGrove is our April 2017 writer-in-residence! April is Poetry Month and we're thrilled to have Jennifer here to share with us on all things writing, reading, ...
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July 12, 2016At the Desk: Lucille H. Campey
Historian Lucille H. Campey knows what she is talking about when it comes to studying the movements of people between countries — her PhD is in emigration history. Her passion paid off when her most ...
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September 27, 2016
At the Desk: Nora Gould
Nora Gould's newest collection of poetry, Selah (Brick Books), is a long poem that engages with the titular term. Drawn from the Old Testament, 'selah' might mean to praise, to lift up, to pause, to ...
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September 29, 2016At the Desk: Scott Chantler
Writer and illustrator Scott Chantler has been nominated multiple times for the Dragon Prize (presented by the prestigious Joe Shuster Awards) and been honoured with awards from the Canadian Children's ...
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November 09, 2015At the End of the "DEBRIS" Tour - Notes on My First Rodeo
It has been a few days since my last WIR post, but I promise that this is not because I was just playing video games and drinking beer in my Annex hobbit hole. In fact, I’ve been away at the Wild Writers ...
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July 19, 2015
At the Start of a New Creative Writing Class
I’m about to teach a new class, “Writing That Resonates,” starting tomorrow at Haliburton School of the Arts and, as happens each time, I pause.The students in the room will be diverse. Some will ...
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July 15, 2020Aubrey Jean Hanson Explores the Impact of Indigenous Literature in Her New Book
Indigenous writers have long been an important part of Canada's literary landscape, contributing unique and powerful storytelling through novels, short fiction, poems, and essays that have captured imaginations ...
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January 30, 2025Audiobook Magic
Poetry books rarely come in audio format, and perhaps this is the reason it’s taken me until 2025 to discover the magic of audiobooks. In 2024, I began writing more fiction after several years of focusing ...
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May 04, 2021Augur Magazine's Kerry C. Byrne on Breaking the "Arbitrary Line Between 'Literary' and Speculative Literatures"
Literary magazines are often the unsung heroes of the writing and publishing community. Run by passionate and knowledgable writers and editors, they are labours of love where people who adore great writing ...
