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May 16, 2024Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier Share a Conversation About Otis and Peanut Forever and Ever
Collaborating on a series of picture books or graphic novels is quite the task, but some of the finest KidLit out there comes from these fruitful partnerships between talented authors and illustrators.This ...
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May 10, 2023Eva Tihanyi's "3-Layer" Poetry Collection Cicle Tour is a Tour de Force
Eva Tihanyi's Circle Tour (Inanna Publications) has a simple but fascinating structure of three sections: the Outer Circle, Inner Circle, and the Centre. Each section has its own power – the outward-facing ...
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March 06, 2024Read an Excerpt From the 10th Anniversary Edition of How You Were Born by Kate Cayley
Ten years ago, Kate Cayley firmly established her place as a leading short story writer with the collection, How You Were Born (Book*hug Press). The book went on to win the Trillium Book Award and was ...
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March 05, 2018"Loss and Absence Challenge Us to Become Who We Are": Kathleen Venema on Her Unique Mother-Daughter Memoir
The impact of mother-daughter relationships is hard to overstate. In Kathleen Venema's Bird-Bent Grass: A Memoir, in Pieces (Wilfrid Laurier University) the extraordinary influence of the mother-daughter ...
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June 14, 2016Special Feature: Adrian Wootton on Shakespeare Adaptation Festival at TIFF
No writer has inspired more film adaptations than Shakespeare — from faithful-to-the-word classics to wildly creative re-imaginings, adapting the Bard's work has fascinated and challenged filmmakers ...
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November 10, 2016Profile on Michelle Berry’s Hunter Street Books, with a few questions
This month, Peterborough author Michelle Berry has opened up her new bookstore, Hunter Street Books (164 Hunter Street West, Peterborough), becoming (according to Kawartha Now) “the first return of ...
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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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February 08, 2016Kid Lit Can, with Susan Hughes: Sex, and Drugs, and Rock and Roll: Writing Edgy YA (Part 1)
Drugs, gambling, sexual harassment, suicide, sexual abuse, physical abuse, cutting, death, sex, drugs, body image issues, bullying, STDs, abduction...between them, YA authors C.K. Kelly Martin, Don Aker ...
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January 31, 2022Meet Our February Writer in Residence, Sifton Tracey Anipare, Author of Yume, Her Knockout Debut Fantasy Novel
Yume (Rare Machines/Dundurn Press), the debut novel from Sifton Tracey Anipare, follows Cybelle, a young woman teaching in a Japanese city. Her love for her adopted culture is apparent, motivating her ...
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August 01, 2019Ontario's Newest Literary Phenomenon: What is CITADEL? An Interview with Jaclyn Desforges & Robin Richardson
If you're a writer, publishing employee, or enthusiastic follower of CanLit, you've probably heard of CITADEL, the new project launched by award-winning writers Jaclyn Desforges and Robin Richardson. ...