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  • On Federico García Lorca's "Duende"
    On Federico García Lorca's "Duende"
    September 08, 2022

    On Federico García Lorca's "Duende"

    What immediate need of yours has to be satisfied before you can hit the keyboard? If I had to have a clean house before I sat down to write, I would never have written anything after I got married and ...

  • Cut Road Author Brent van Staalduinen on the Books That Became His "Masterclasses" in Writing
    Cut Road Author Brent van Staalduinen on the Books That Became His "Masterclasses" in Writing
    June 23, 2022

    Cut Road Author Brent van Staalduinen on the Books That Became His "Masterclasses" in Writing

    Hamilton author and writing coach Brent van Staalduinen has a long list of honours for his writing, with three novels under his belt and more than a decade of publishing short fiction in some of the ...

  • Get Ready for Poem in Your Pocket Day This Friday
    Get Ready for Poem in Your Pocket Day This Friday
    April 25, 2022

    Get Ready for Poem in Your Pocket Day This Friday

    Poetry Month is nearing its end for 2022, but that doesn't mean there isn't plenty of time to indulge your love of verse. One of the best ways Poetry Month helps us honour the form is the creative Poem ...

  • Writing from Pictures
    Writing from Pictures
    March 14, 2022

    Writing from Pictures

    I use photographs as a starting point for writing. Maybe that’s because my writing is historically based. But it’s also because I am interested in starting from a real person and spinning off into ...

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