In a public interview recently, a journalist asked me what I meant in the final pages of my memoir, Heart Berries, when I proclaimed myself “untouchable.” A room full of authors gasped audibly at my boldness.
Alanna Mitchell: “We do not live in a post-truth world, but one that needs science more than ever”
About a year ago, while I was passionately immersed in getting the manuscript of my latest book, The Spinning Magnet: The Force That Created the Modern World and Could Destroy It, to my publisher, I found myself with a brief moment to surface and take the temperature of the times.
Suzannah Showler: People who denigrate the performative aspects of The Bachelor are missing the point
Last May, I published Thing is, my second collection of poems. The project, at least as I thought of it, was to re-imagine the alienated nature of consciousness as a universal condition.
Older writers aren’t letting the speed bumps of age prevent them from producing meaningful work
Nonagenarians and other older authors are publishing meaningful work despite obstacles posed by health, technology, and a culture that can sometimes feel indifferent to the insights of the elderly.
Sina Queyras: How Sylvia Plath offers a way to see beauty in tragic circumstances
Why I turned to Sylvia Plath as the inspiration for my new collection of poetry, My Ariel, still remains a bit of a mystery to me.
Angie Abdou on seeking permission to use a First Nations character
When I embarked on writing what would become my latest novel, I did not set out to write about Indigenous characters. I began composing a work of straight-up horror, hoping to be the next Stephen King. But that’s not how In Case I Go turned out.
Monique Gray Smith: To explain reconciliation to children, we must be truthful and face our own fears
Sometimes life requires us to be braver and bolder than we think we can be.
Ayub Nuri: For years, the people of Kurdistan have had to plead with other countries to help in times of need
Ayub Nuri on his childhood and his new book, Being Kurdish in a Hostile World.
Firefly Creative Writing opens studio in Toronto
After 12 years of running writing workshops out of a home space, Firefly Creative Writing has opened a storefront studio in Toronto.
Book Making: Three academic authors give feedback into their book’s cover design
In an ideal world, the design of a book cover achieves three things.
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