Sep
11
Bestselling author ALICE KUIPERS was born in London. She moved to Canada in 2003. Her first novel, Life on the Refrigerator Door, was published in 28 countries and won several awards. Since then, she has published two further award-winning YA novels internationally, with a...
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Aug
20
Read Part 1 of this interview with Gabrielle Hamilton, NYC restaurateur and author of the memoir Bread, Bones & Butter. Questions in Parts 1 and 2 were selected and edited from those submitted by students in my course Memories into Story I, offered through University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies....
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Jul
29
This is Part 1 of a 2-part interview. GABRIELLE HAMILTON is the chef/owner of PRUNE, which she opened in New York City’s East Village in October 1999. PRUNE has been recognized in all major press, both nationally and internationally, and is...
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Jul
23
Each week on Wordless Wednesday, bloggers around the world post a photo they’ve taken that tells a story. If my photo brings to mind a memory or inspires your creative writing, I hope you’ll share a comment below. Moon-struck by Shirley Kolanchey...
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Jul
22
Whether to use dialect in memoir and fiction writing, how much to use, and in what way to use it -- these issues come up often in my work as an editor. Students in my courses and workshops, many of them from parts of Canada that feature local dialects, or from...
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Jun
24
Guest Post by Janet Weiss-Townsend I’m not a person who’s compelled to write. And I’m not a writer since childhood. I’m a reader since forever -- but to write? I need a push. During school, I was the “finish my essay...
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