Columnists
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March 29, 2021Speaking Your Story into Existence
By Waubgeshig RiceOver the winter I was part of two separate online writing residencies through the Banff Centre. Each cohort involved wonderfully talented writers from across the land, sharing their stories, truths, and ...
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March 22, 2021The Writing Moment with Natasha Ramoutar's Bittersweet
By Daniel Scott TysdalWelcome to “The Writing Moment with . . .”!In this series of craft-focused columns, I will explore a wide range of works, topics, and interests that inspire me with the hope of inspiring you. I will ...
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March 18, 2021The Chaos of Creation and Why I Chase the Rupture Point
By Chelene KnightWhen I write, it feels like I am on the inside of a spinning wheel that never stops. The wheel lets itself loose from the chassis and throws itself, willingly, down the hillside. The after effects of ...
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March 15, 2021Book Therapy: In Praise of Retreat
By Stacey May Fowles“Chosen solitude is about agency, self-reliance and gaining clarity.When the churning mind-waters settle, I can begin to dip into the wellspring of my life.If I stay quiet long enough, I begin to forget ...
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March 12, 2021Zoom Class: Omar El Akkad and the Challenges of Writing Resistance
By Shazia Hafiz RamjiSometimes there are Zoom meetings that can break you. Last week it took me five days to recover from the nausea, headaches, and light sensitivity caused by one single day of back-to-back virtual meetings. ...
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March 08, 2021On Giving Myself Permission Not to Write
By A.H. ReaumeI know I have to write it. The essay I’ve been trying to write for a year and a half.I will be in the grocery store or out in the muck of a hike dripping with sweat and a sentence of it will come to ...
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March 02, 2021BookTok: Shaping a Generation of Readers
By Ayesha MumalOpen Book and Word on the Street have partnered this year to bring new and innovative content to our readers and patrons. In an effort to share the ideas and experiences of a wider range of people in ...
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February 26, 2021Grinding Out a New Novel
By Waubgeshig RiceWriting a novel is a grind. It’s an arduous, meticulous, and often repetitive process that can take years. There’s the actual typing of words onto the page, and then come the edits and rewrites, which ...
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February 18, 2021Small gifts from writers: The power of writerly connections
By Chelene KnightOn one especially sunny day when I was a young girl sitting at my kitchen table scribbling stories on the backs of old receipts my mother left on the table, I closed my eyes, looked into the future, and ...
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February 16, 2021Book Therapy: The Centaur’s Wife
By Stacey May Fowles“It isn’t just her own survival she’s thinking about. She’s thinking about everyone else. That’s how they’re all going to survive—by thinking about everyone else.”—Amanda Leduc, The ...
