Dane SwanTag

Poets in Profile: February Writer-in-Residence Dane Swan

We're excited to introduce our February 2017 writer-in-residence, Dane Swan, whose most recent book, A Mingus Lullaby (Guernica Editions), is a fascinating poetic examination of musician, composer ...

Multimedium Publishing and the Future of the Literary Press (Part 4 - Final)

Part 4: The corporate structure of the multimedium publisherEven I find it fascinating that as most media driven industry begins the slow destruction of their vertical structure that the future of books ...

Multimedium Publishing and the Future of the Literary Press (Part 3)

Part 3: The past + The future = The presentIf I may elaborate please. You've made it this far into my diatribe (Yay!). I promise that if what I'm saying does not make sense yet, it will soon. First, let's ...

Multimedium Publishing and the Future of the Literary Press (Part 2)

Part 2: The death of the traditional press and the birth of the multimedium publisherThat's right, I'm coining a term to describe what I have been observing. Presses that have roots tied to micro publishing ...

Multimedium Publishing and the Future of the Literary Press (Part 1)

It's 5:30 AM and I haven't been able to sleep, so I've decided to begin posting my final series of the month. Personally, I blame my buddy Andrew -- a DJ and record producer based in Germany. Due to time ...

Answers to Questions Brought up in the Profiles That I Conducted

As stated in the first profile that I wrote featuring Oni, my goal was to have a few questions about the place of Black/African-Canadian communities in the literary community answered. However, the answers ...

If One Can Argue Against Traditional Non-Academic Literary Schools, Then One Can Reason Against a Purely Academic Model (Final)

Part 3: Writing as academic practiceDid I mention these are strictly my opinions?First, I am not saying that English, or English Literature, or Creative Writing degrees are not legitimate degrees. (With ...

If One Can Argue Against Traditional Non-Academic Literary Schools, Then One Can Reason Against a Purely Academic Model (part2)

Part 2: writing as an isolating practiceI have a pen pal relationship with a writer from Connecticut. This exact subject has come up in our emails. In 2013, BBC had a series of audio documentaries that ...

If One Can Argue Against Traditional Non-Academic Literary Schools, Then One Can Reason Against a Purely Academic Model (part1)

Whoo! I'm exhausted writing that title. As stated in my first entry this month, all my posts are my opinion and are not necessarily shared by any members or staff of Open Book Toronto. Before we start, ...

Profile: David Delisca & Andrea Thompson

David O. Delisca (delisca.com)Poet. Brother. Child of the Haitian Diaspora. Speaker. Stirrer of smiles and thoughts. Author of "I Grew Up Right Beside You". 4-time member of the Toronto Poetry Slam team ...