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Nov 18

On Writing: Find the right “space to create” — guest post by Coral Jewell

Note from Allyson: Coral's post is dedicated to author Doris Lessing (1919 - 2013), who passed away yesterday at age 94. The title of the series to which Coral responds here, "Will Come the Words," was inspired by the following: "But the essential question is, Have you found a space, that empty space, which... read more
Nov 12
Nov 11

Telling Secrets: The Power of What’s Hidden in a Story — Nov 17 (plus: “The Inviting Door” 1st-pages workshop)

  Join me on Sunday, November 17, in Orillia, for a one-hour morning workshop, "The Inviting Door," during which I'll critique first pages of (anonymous) WIPs submitted in advance. The workshop will be followed by my presentation "Telling Secrets," on the role of secrets -- those of both writer and characters --... read more
Nov 05

“Never give up trying to write perfect sentences”: Interview with award-winning author Peter Behrens (Part 2)

I hope you enjoyed Part 1. Below is the second part of this interview my students conducted with guest author Peter Behrens during a recent session of the online creative writing course Memories into Story (University of Toronto, SCS). Some essays referred to in the interview appear on Peter's website under "Reading Room." ♦     ♦     ♦  ... read more
Nov 04

“Ideas seem always to have been there, lurking, latent”: Interview with award-winning author Peter Behrens (Part 1)

PETER BEHRENS' first novel, The Law of Dreams (2006), won the Governor General’s Literary Award, one of Canada’s most prestigious book prizes, and has been published in nine languages. His second novel, The O'Briens, was published in 2011 in Canada (House of Anansi Press) and the following year in the United States (Pantheon... read more

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