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  • Canadian Writers and Publishers Share Their Literary Resolutions for 2023
    Canadian Writers and Publishers Share Their Literary Resolutions for 2023
    December 22, 2022

    Canadian Writers and Publishers Share Their Literary Resolutions for 2023

    We all know what a New Year's resolution is, but what about a literary resolution? We asked writers and publishers across the country to share their hopes and aspirations for 2023 in the realm of reading ...

  • Why 2022 Is a Year of Remembering
    Why 2022 Is a Year of Remembering
    January 14, 2022

    Why 2022 Is a Year of Remembering

    In the last week of December 2021, I tried to remember what I had done during the year. I couldn’t remember. I had life-changing experiences – started a PhD, completed my first term successfully, ...

  • A Writer’s Guide to Reading in 2022
    A Writer’s Guide to Reading in 2022
    January 07, 2022

    A Writer’s Guide to Reading in 2022

    I read a lot of books in 2021. More than I ever have, except for maybe the summers when I was eight and would clear out the chapter book section at Humber Bay library. I have always been an escapist, ...

  • Achievable, Artistic Resolutions for Authors and Illustrators
    Achievable, Artistic Resolutions for Authors and Illustrators
    January 14, 2021

    Achievable, Artistic Resolutions for Authors and Illustrators

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love coming up with new year’s resolutions. I love committing to some kind of regular creative activity … no matter the outcome! Last year, I said ...

  • Just because I don’t “look” like an editor...
    Just because I don’t “look” like an editor...
    December 30, 2020

    Just because I don’t “look” like an editor...

    Just because I don’t “look” like an editor... I remember the first time I went to pick up the mail from our post office box, when I was the managing editor at Room magazine, and was told by one ...

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