One full-time teaching job (hybrid online teaching included), three school-aged children (complete with homework, lunches and the occasional emotional meltdown), … Continue reading Keep Calm, Shut Up, and Write—By Lea Beddia
I started reading science fiction young, before realizing it wasn’t suitable material for a girl with aspirations of fitting in … Continue reading Realists of a Larger Reality (Or Why I Read and Write Science Fiction)—By J. DeLeskie
Not long ago, during the Before Times, I received a small award to pursue a non-fiction project. I planned to … Continue reading Writers Need Libraries; So Do Our Children—By Deborah Ostrovsky
I am a big believer in lists. Grocery lists. To-do lists. Lists on phones and bits of envelopes and bills. … Continue reading On Best-of Lists and How We Actually Read—By Genny Zimantas
Odette DesOrmeaux and Martine Huysmans, two members of the l’essentielle collective which also included Ariane Brunet and Harriet Ellenberger, 1988. Just over thirty … Continue reading Writing on the Edge—By Lise Weil
Montreal’s gay, lesbian, and feminist bookstore, L’Androgyne, closed for good in 2002. At the time, I knew I was going … Continue reading A Connected World—By Christopher DiRaddo
Recently, I was lucky enough to sit on a panel with fellow writers Erín Moure and Will Aitken. During the … Continue reading Trauma Ethics—By Lindsay Nixon
I was sitting by the gas-lit fireplace in my local library when a book on the table caught my eye. … Continue reading Amazing Grace: A Literary Friendship—By S. Nadja Zajdman
A year ago, I’d have never believed I would be asked to advocate Indigenous literatures on CBC for Turtle Island … Continue reading On the Back of Turtle Island Reads—by Shannon Webb-Campbell
I yawn and keep flicking through my virtual stack of submissions. I need one more piece that will not only … Continue reading How to Get Out of the Slush Pile—by Rachel Thompson
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