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  • "That’s You Sharing a Moment With Someone " Introducing April Writer in Residence Matthew James Weigel
    "That’s You Sharing a Moment With Someone " Introducing April Writer in Residence Matthew James Weigel
    March 31, 2022

    "That’s You Sharing a Moment With Someone " Introducing April Writer in Residence Matthew James Weigel

    To explore something complex and painful, that weaves through long history, a writer must take an approach as nuanced and shifting as their subject matter. We see that kind of creativity on display in Matthew ...

  • Betsy Warland on Memoir as "the Mother Genre" & What She Loves about the Fluidity of Creative Nonfiction
    Betsy Warland on Memoir as "the Mother Genre" & What She Loves about the Fluidity of Creative Nonfiction
    October 08, 2021

    Betsy Warland on Memoir as "the Mother Genre" & What She Loves about the Fluidity of Creative Nonfiction

    It's been more than twenty years since Betsy Warland's Bloodroot: Tracing the Untelling of Motherloss (Inanna Publications) was first published, and the revolutionary, genre-bending memoir is still ...

  • Anosh Irani, Author of Masterpiece One-Man Show, Buffoon, on His Life and Process as a Playwright
    Anosh Irani, Author of Masterpiece One-Man Show, Buffoon, on His Life and Process as a Playwright
    September 09, 2021

    Anosh Irani, Author of Masterpiece One-Man Show, Buffoon, on His Life and Process as a Playwright

    Anosh Irani is one of Canada's most treasured and exciting playwrights and novelists, with his past work landing him on numerous award lists, including the Governor General's Literary Awards and the ...

  • "It’s a Rallying Cry for Another Kind of World" Author Julietta Singh on Her Hopeful Call for a Better Way of Living & Parenting
    "It’s a Rallying Cry for Another Kind of World" Author Julietta Singh on Her Hopeful Call for a Better Way of Living & Parenting
    September 07, 2021

    "It’s a Rallying Cry for Another Kind of World" Author Julietta Singh on Her Hopeful Call for a Better Way of Living & Parenting

    To have a child in unstable times is a complicated undertaking. Worry and hope collide in one of the most high stakes ways possible. It's an experience Julietta Singh captures with breathtaking resonance ...

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