In high school I worked hard to cover up my depression. My mother was ill, and my family laboured to keep our convenience store open, as it was... read more
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Polish up your best creative nonfiction story! The Malahat Review, one of Canada's premier literary magazines, runs an annual creative nonfiction contest to honour former editor Constance Rooke (1942−2008).... read more
Eric Gainer, a former student in my online writing course Memories into Story I, recently published a moving memoir about his relationship with his father in the Globe and Mail's... read more
The small white truck was parked on the sidewalk of a busy Toronto street. Two wooden bushel baskets of fresh greens sat beside it. An elderly gentleman appeared to be... read more
"Recognize anyone?” my cousin asks on Facebook. I click on a series of photos that chronicle Justin Trudeau’s life, and among them is a shot from 1973. Pierre Elliott Trudeau... read more