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January 16, 2017This Was the Countryside
By Ben LadouceurIn Buttermere, the land hugs the lakes. Some of the lakes contain islands. Some of these islands are so small, they lack roots. They bounce from point to point, as slowly as fingernails grow. To make ...
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January 03, 2017An Interview with Nyla Matuk
By James LindsaySearching for the root of modern identity, Nyla Matuk’s Stranger (Signal Editions, 2016) is as much cultural critique as it is confessional. Matuk questions the divisions we make between private and ...
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December 14, 20165 Ways to Show Some Love to the Little Known Author in Your Life
By Jael RichardsonChances are you probably know an author. Maybe they published a book a few years ago or maybe their book is quite recent. Unless they won a major award this year (and even if they did) they’re probably ...
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December 12, 2016
Kid Lit Can: What’s So Funny about Kids’ Books? Part 2
By Susan HughesWelcome back to part 2 of my funny Q and A blog. With funny authors. About funny children’s and YA books.Please welcome these four talented and very funny children’s and YA writers who have generously ...
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December 06, 2016Ask & Answer Post-Tour
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloIn the spring of 2015, I became aware that fellow multi-disciplinary Toronto artist, Chase Joynt, was publishing his first book, You Only Live Twice. A long time admirer of Chase's work, I immediately ...
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November 28, 2016Six Tips For the Tired Activist
By Jael RichardsonEarlier this year, Quill & Quire referred to me as an activist on the cover of their February 2016 issue. I felt flattered, invigorated. I felt motivated by the call and the work. Today, just nine ...
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November 28, 2016
Kid Lit Can: What’s So Funny about Kids’ Books? Part 1
By Susan HughesA few weeks ago, while thinking about topics for this blog, I came to a startling realization: I’ve never hosted a funny Q and A blog. With funny authors. About funny children’s and YA books. Never.Why ...
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November 15, 2016“You can't write fiction on a napkin,” an Interview with Eva H.D.
By James LindsayThere is a strand of literature that aligns itself closer to the blue collar, working class values of general communication and accessible story telling than the “high-brow,” all encompassing grand ...
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November 10, 2016Profile on Michelle Berry’s Hunter Street Books, with a few questions
By rob mclennanThis 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 03, 2016The Art of Giving Feedback
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloIn 2009, after I had finished an early draft of my first book, God Loves Hair, I gave some of my closest friends a copy of the manuscript for their feedback. It was a vulnerable experience, especially ...
