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  • Banner image with a background of light coloured silk sheets. A black banner reads Excerpt from Secret Sex edited by Russell Smith. Image of the cover of Secret Sex on the right. Open Book logo bottom left.
    Banner image with a background of light coloured silk sheets. A black banner reads Excerpt from Secret Sex edited by Russell Smith. Image of the cover of Secret Sex on the right. Open Book logo bottom left.
    January 12, 2024

    Read an Excerpt from Secret Sex, an Anthology of R-Rated Fiction Written Anonymously by CanLit's Finest

    24 stories, all of them firmly NSFW, make up the cheeky new collection Secret Sex, edited by Russell Smith (Dundurn Press/Rare Machines). Smith gathered 24 of the most acclaimed authors in the country, ...

  • Marcus McCann on Writing the Ethics and History of Park Cruising (Plus Some Helpful Advice from Dionne Brand)
    Marcus McCann on Writing the Ethics and History of Park Cruising (Plus Some Helpful Advice from Dionne Brand)
    June 15, 2023

    Marcus McCann on Writing the Ethics and History of Park Cruising (Plus Some Helpful Advice from Dionne Brand)

    Many Torontonians will know lawyer and writer Marcus McCann from his 2016 defence of several people charged in Project Marie, an undercover sting operation where Toronto police targeted people—mostly ...

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