Columnists
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October 06, 2021Book Therapy: The Light Streamed Beneath It
By Stacey May Fowles“I soon learned that therapy is not like slowly cleaning out a closet; it is not a process of quickly sorting and pitching everything over the course of a rainy afternoon…It is a week-by-week process ...
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September 15, 2021Waiting for the bumper year
By Jon-Erik LappanoWhat cicadas can teach us about embracing the murk This year, millions of cicadas emerged from the ground and took to the trees in deafening chorus across North America. During the hottest days of summer, ...
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September 10, 2021What Big Open Spaces Taught Me About Finishing a Draft
By Shazia Hafiz RamjiWho doesn’t like writing at home, with the comfort of Maltesers, a perfect sound setup, and being able to write naked? Writing outside of your comfy space is much harder than it seems.In June this year, ...
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August 26, 2021The Writing Moment with SHORT FILMS
By Daniel Scott TysdalAs writers, we draw inspiration and learn from other arts, whether painting, music, comics, or videogames. By offering inspiration beyond the written word, these arts can provide new experiences for us ...
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August 12, 2021Words in Isolation
By Ayesha MumalFor many reasons, I felt conflicted about writing another pandemic piece. After the events of the last year, our everyday lives have been complete coloured by our experiences living in a pandemic. Despite ...
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August 03, 2021In Praise of Editors
By Waubgeshig RiceI believe the most important relationship in publishing is between the author and the editor. It’s a fundamental partnership that turns ideas into prose and drafts into polished works. When the editing ...
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July 22, 2021Book Therapy: The Philosophy of Gardening
By Stacey May Fowles“He continued gardening at his desk. Not in the form of borders and beds, but in the form of paragraphs and pages. Row by row, he enjoyed the image of the writer being like a gardener.”—Elke Von ...
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July 06, 2021The Listener in the Work: How a Sense of Address Can Transform Your Writing
By Shazia Hafiz RamjiWho is the “speaker” in your poems talking to? Is there a listener within your story? Who is the narrator’s confidante? I’ve been thinking a lot about a sense of address and I’ve come to believe ...
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June 30, 2021Brain Fog: An Essay
By A.H. ReaumeBrain Fog: An Essay[1]“I am…” I type.But then a thought fords the sentence. My fingers hover above the keyboard, like soldiers awaiting a command. I have… forgotten something. But what?I can ...
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June 28, 2021Necessary Residential School Reading
By Waubgeshig RiceAs more and more mass graves at former residential school sites are brought to light, many Canadians are finally realizing the extent of genocide in this country, while many Indigenous people are reliving ...
