In honouring Clifford, I wanted to emphasize his brilliance, his philosophy, and his refusal to accept dogma.
Q&A: Canisia Lubrin speaks to Dionne Brand about her two new books, The Blue Clerk and Theory
Dionne Brand, one of the country’s most respected and beloved writers, returns this fall with two books: The Blue Clerk and Theory.
Sarah Weinman unveils the true story behind Vladimir Nabokov’s infamous 20th-century classic
Sarah Weinman was all of 16 years old the first time she read Lolita.
Tanis MacDonald: surviving as an “out-of-line” artist in a smaller community
Do you live in a major urban centre? Take this short test. You are giving a reading from your latest book at your local bookstore, and you invite a friend who lives an hour’s travel away. If your friend says instantly, “Awesome, I’ll be there,” chances are you live in a Big City. If your friend says, “What? Come all that way? On the highway?” then you probably live in a smaller city or town and belong to a group I call “out-of-line” artists.
“Jaw-dropping” setting for crime-writing workshop on B.C.’s Pender Island
At the inaugural Crime Writing on Pender weekend workshop, running Oct. 12 – 14, up to 12 strangers will gather on B.C.’s Pender Island in a secluded inn built atop a 200-foot cliff, where Arthur Ellis Award–winning crime writer William Deverall will coach them in plotting sinister (fictional) deeds.
Andrea Dorfman’s message of self-acceptance resonates in the graphic-novel adaptation of her film Flawed
Writer and illustrator Andrea Dorfman ends Flawed, her story of overcoming adolescent awkwardness, with a photo of herself at age 14. “With the wisdom of an older person looking back, I look at that picture now and I just love that girl so much,” Dorfman, 49, says. “As we get older we realize these differences that make us stand out are what make us unique.”
No forecasted outcome: Writer Sarah Sawler on co-authoring with YouTube weather star Frankie MacDonald
When Nimbus Publishing asked freelance writer Sarah Sawler to co-author a book with YouTube star Frankie MacDonald, they had no idea what the book would look like.
Joshua Whitehead: “I created the character of Jonny Appleseed because he would not let me be”
Jonny is the embodiment of the type of world I want to see: one that has no qualms with 2SQness; one that has elders, mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and kin that are able to push beyond their westernized understandings of binaries; and one where Indigenous femmes, women, and 2SQ (including bisexual) are centred.
Canada Council changes mean authors are applying for their own writer-in-residence funding
In June 2016, just a few weeks before the Canada Council for the Arts announced major changes to its granting system, Toronto author Trevor Cole was invited to be writer-in-residence at the Richmond Hill Public Library.
Terese Marie Mailhot: how speaking her own story provided a means of transcending negative experiences
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.
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