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November 22, 2016
A Library Tourist
By Bianca Lakoseljac: OB Writer in ResidenceAs a child growing up in a small village in the countryside near Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, I had three problems: first was not having many friends; ...
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January 19, 2017'Putting Descartes Before the Horse'
You don't measure Alan Moore's writing in words; you measure it in Faradays. You measure it in Roentgens. After dropping five hundred megatons of creativity into mainstream comics ...
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November 01, 2021'Write when the baby sleeps' and other impossible writing rules
Years ago, long before I had any kids, I read that Alice Munro wrote when her baby napped, so when I was pregnant with my first kid, I told myself I’d do the same. It was 2015, six years before my first ...
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!["[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book](/var/site/storage/images/news/like-toni-morrison-said-i-wrote-the-book-that-i-wanted-to-see-in-the-world-nadia-l.-hohn-on-her-newest-picture-book/56148-1-eng-CA/Like-Toni-Morrison-said-I-Wrote-the-Book-That-I-Wanted-to-See-in-the-World-Nadia-L.-Hohn-on-Her-Newest-Picture-Book_blog_post_wide.jpg "\"[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World\" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book")
!["[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book](/var/site/storage/images/news/like-toni-morrison-said-i-wrote-the-book-that-i-wanted-to-see-in-the-world-nadia-l.-hohn-on-her-newest-picture-book/56148-1-eng-CA/Like-Toni-Morrison-said-I-Wrote-the-Book-That-I-Wanted-to-See-in-the-World-Nadia-L.-Hohn-on-Her-Newest-Picture-Book_blog_post.jpg "\"[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World\" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book")
August 20, 2019"[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book
Nadia L. Hohn is a teacher and an award-winning children's author, known for Malaika’s Costume and Malaika's Winter Carnival. This summer she's back with a new picture book: A Likkle Miss Lou: How ...
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April 23, 2018"A Great Book is Frighteningly Truthful" David Kingston Yeh on Writing Gay Love & Sex, Realism, & Social Media
Playwright David Kingston Yeh's debut novel, A Boy at the Edge of the World (Guernica Editions), follows Daniel Garneau, 18 years old, as he moves to Toronto from small-town Ontario. Young, gay, and ...
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April 02, 2020"A Title Is Like a Doorbell, Not a Doorway" April Writer-In-Residence Dani Spinosa On Her Subversive New Collection
It's National Poetry Month! A time for poets, publishers, and fans to read, share, and talk about their favourite poems and authors. The Canadian poetry community produces a wide variety of fearless, ...
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December 01, 2020"All of the Pieces are Aware of and Concerned With the Unknowable": Paige Cooper on Taking Up the Best Canadian Stories Mantle
Every year, one editor is tasked with finding the very best short stories from Canadian writers. It's a daunting challenge, given the wealth of great short fiction in Canada, but one that has turned out ...
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!["All the Good Stuff [is] Inevitable" Ray Robertson on First Sentences, Epigraphs, & Bookstore Love](/var/site/storage/images/news/all-the-good-stuff-is-inevitable-ray-robertson-on-first-sentences-epigraphs-bookstore-love/105065-1-eng-CA/All-the-Good-Stuff-is-Inevitable-Ray-Robertson-on-First-Sentences-Epigraphs-Bookstore-Love_blog_post_wide.jpg "\"All the Good Stuff [is] Inevitable\" Ray Robertson on First Sentences, Epigraphs, & Bookstore Love")
!["All the Good Stuff [is] Inevitable" Ray Robertson on First Sentences, Epigraphs, & Bookstore Love](/var/site/storage/images/news/all-the-good-stuff-is-inevitable-ray-robertson-on-first-sentences-epigraphs-bookstore-love/105065-1-eng-CA/All-the-Good-Stuff-is-Inevitable-Ray-Robertson-on-First-Sentences-Epigraphs-Bookstore-Love_blog_post.jpg "\"All the Good Stuff [is] Inevitable\" Ray Robertson on First Sentences, Epigraphs, & Bookstore Love")
August 04, 2022"All the Good Stuff [is] Inevitable" Ray Robertson on First Sentences, Epigraphs, & Bookstore Love
There have been a lot of unexpected casualties of the pandemic. For Phil Cooper, the protagonist of acclaimed writer Ray Robertson's newest novel Estates Large and Small (Biblioasis), who has battled ...
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March 02, 2023"Anyone Who Writes Fiction is a Kind of Magician" Barry Jonsberg on His Writing Process & New Climate Disaster Novel
For twins Ashleigh and Aiden, the world is good. They've always been completely in sync and to them, life seems sunny and happy. But everything changes when Aiden starts behaving strangely after an accident ...
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January 20, 2022"Are You Sick or Not?" Read an Excerpt from Shayne McGreal's Tense and Honest Debut, Anthony: A Composite Novel
Shayne McGreal's debut novel, Anthony: A Composite Novel (Guernica Editions) takes readers deep into the experience of the titular character and all his complications, weaving in and out of the various ...
