Search
-
September 05, 2017Arleen Paré takes a Poetic Look at Two of Toronto's Most Influential Sculptors
Sculptors Frances Loring and Florence Wyle were dominant forces in the Canadian art scene of the early and mid-20th Century. Their sculptures, still on display across the country, and the Sculptors Society ...
-
July 11, 2017Debut novelist Kimberley Tait on Gretzky, Michael Jackson & Virgin Ears
London (the one across the pond) based author Kimberley Tait had an unusual path to publishing. After moving from her native Toronto to the U.S., she earned an MBA from Columbia University and began ...
-
October 17, 2017Robert Clarke on Between the Lines Fighting the Good Fight for 40 Years
Small and mighty was the order of the day when independent Canadian publishers first became a force in this country's culture. The '70s in particular were times of huge expansion, with many small houses ...
-
September 20, 2017
Unsung Heroes of Literature #4: On the Edge of Extinction, Interview with Interrobang
When Interrobang heard I was doing this series, they contacted me about the possibility of doing an interview. When I agreed, they sent a car for me. We met in Canoe, a restaurant that I would never have ...
-
January 16, 2018Get Inspired by the Activists & Editors of Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South
When the cards are stacked against them, activists are left with only the most creative and courageous options to make their voices heard as they protest violence, hatred, and discrimination.In Beautiful ...
-
October 30, 2017The Wonderfully Weird World of November writer-in-residence Lisa de Nikolits
Lisa de Nikolits is the author of an impressive seven novels, each of them marked by her wild creativity and memorable characters. Her latest offering is No Fury Like That (Inanna Publications), a genre ...
-
October 21, 2017
The Writer in the World: On Beauty and Poetry
A Conversation with an anonymous poet.For this part of The Writer in the World, I am honouring the request of a poet to keep their identity undisclosed. Canisia Lubrin: I've been asked whether the tension ...
-
February 16, 2018On reading politically, or why the good old days are a flat out lie
It’s a funny time in the world of words. Every morning, when I log into Twitter, people are debating freedom of expression and the politics of how we read. Some of this is just nonsense, really just ...
-
February 05, 2018Exploring Elinor Florence's Picturesque Invermere Writing Paradise
Journalist and novelist Elinor Florence's Bird's Eye View earned rave reviews, so readers will be happy to hear she's back now with Wildwood (Dundurn Press). The novel opens with a Monkey's Paw-esque ...
-
November 14, 2017Stuart Ross on Experimental Novels, Big Ideas in Short Word Counts, & Juggling Multiple Projects
Stuart Ross' contributions to the Canadian literary scene are almost too lengthy to list. From his staggering 20 books of acclaimed writing in multiple genres to his work as part of the small press scene ...
