Columnists
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September 27, 2017How I Learned to Write What Scares Me
By Jen Sookfong LeeThree years ago, I wrote a poem.Back then, a few very big things happened in my life. My marriage died. I found a new publisher. And, perhaps most importantly, I started teaching.For my entire publishing ...
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September 12, 2017An Interview with Sarah Pinder
By James Lindsay“When you empty out your psychic pockets, how do all the disparate pieces relate to each other?”I read Sarah Pinder’s most recent poetry collection, Common Place, while commuting from my home in ...
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September 07, 2017CanLit is a Raging Dumpster Fire
By Alicia ElliottWe’ve all said it, heard it, or, more than likely, done both at some point in the past year and a half. In fact, it would seem that dissatisfaction with the state of CanLit, strangely enough, is the ...
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August 30, 2017“I think suffering shows us who we truly are.” - Q&A with Gurjinder Basran
By Stacey May FowlesA Q&A with Gurjinder Basran, author of Someone You Love is GoneIn 2010, debut novelist Gurjinder Basran won the Search for the Great BC Novel Contest, and the following year took home the Ethel Wilson ...
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August 25, 2017Welcome to the Great White North
By Lily QuanA lifelong Torontonian, I left my hometown several years ago for the Far North. I watched Toronto transform from a big city with the heart of a small town to an enormous city that seemed heartless. I ...
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August 25, 20176 Marketing Tips for Debut Authors
By Carly WattersPublishers are great partners, but they don’t usually do the heavy lifting in terms of marketing—especially for debut authors. In a partnership both parties have to pull their weight, which requires ...
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August 21, 2017Publishing the Unpublished
By Evan MundayA closer look at an instigating moment in Canadian booksThe evening of June 22, Harbourfront Centre hosted a special International Festival of Authors event. Though the series is best known for presenting ...
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August 16, 2017Considering the Incomplete
By Ben LadouceurI love to buy something then cut it in half. I did this recently with a product called the World’s Best Dishcloth and felt like a genius. Now I had two dishcloths and they were both the best dishcloth ...
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August 10, 2017“Considering the Book as Bi(bli)osphere,” an Interview with Gary Barwin
By James LindsayThe writing of poet, composer, and recently Giller nominated novelist Gary Barwin has music to it that sounds like a gathering of organic materials, processed and released over and over until they sound ...
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August 04, 2017On Productivity
By Alicia ElliottA few months ago I quit my safe, reliable customer service job at Starbucks to focus on writing. I’d just received a grant and I was ready to go full-throttle towards finally writing a book. Those last ...
