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Jul 18

“I’m a little wild on the page”: Interview with Author Alexandra Leggat (Part 1)

I'm excited that Alexandra will be taking part as guest speaker in my Turquoise Waters Writers' Retreat in the Kawartha Lakes, July 29 to August 2, and further, that she has a new book coming out this fall. The following is Part 1 of my two-part interview with her... read more

Jun 27

Oonya Kempadoo’s “All Decent Animals” Makes Oprah’s 2013 Summer Reading List

"How am I only now finding out about this writer?" writes Karen Russell for Oprah's Summer Reading List in O, The Oprah Magazine. "It's as if she's inventing her own language, which is incantatory, dense, and lush. The authority and blood pulse of it seduced me. The novel is set... read more

June 27, 2013
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Jun 25

Where Do They Come From? (Where Do They Go?),
an essay on writing from life by Barbara Lambert

ONCE UPON A TIME in the Okanagan Valley, there was a young girl said to be the apple of her uncle’s eye. He would spirit her off in his car to teach her to drive, when she was just thirteen. It was so illicit and exciting, setting out on... read more

Jun 14

Bound by a Moment: an essay by Dale Synnett-Caron (published in the Globe’s “Facts & Arguments”)

"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 walks toward the camera, cradling a young Justin under his arm like a football, while at left a uniformed RCMP... read more

Jun 05

My Secret Life: A Writer Confesses . . . an essay by Lewis DeSoto

My secret life is not to be confused with a “secret identity.” I won’t be dashing off to a phone booth and emerging in a Superman costume. I don’t have a secret identity. But I... read more

May 29

The appeal of memoirs that lead us “gently, into a different literary country”: guest post by Lynette Benton

When I came across a Twitter exchange between Allyson (@allysonlatta) and M. Summerfield Smith (@MarnieMemoirs) praising the work of Diana Athill, I felt I’d stumbled on kindred spirits who appreciated Athill’s rather old-fashioned approach to memoir... read more

“I’m a little wild on the page”: Interview with Author Alexandra Leggat (Part 1)

Oonya Kempadoo’s “All Decent Animals” Makes Oprah’s 2013 Summer Reading List

Where Do They Come From? (Where Do They Go?),
an essay on writing from life by Barbara Lambert

Bound by a Moment: an essay by Dale Synnett-Caron (published in the Globe’s “Facts & Arguments”)

My Secret Life: A Writer Confesses . . . an essay by Lewis DeSoto

The appeal of memoirs that lead us “gently, into a different literary country”: guest post by Lynette Benton

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“I’m a little wild on the page”: Interview with Author Alexandra Leggat (Part 1)

Oonya Kempadoo’s “All Decent Animals” Makes Oprah’s 2013 Summer Reading List

Where Do They Come From? (Where Do They Go?), an essay on writing from life by Barbara Lambert

Bound by a Moment: an essay by Dale Synnett-Caron (published in the Globe’s “Facts & Arguments”)

My Secret Life: A Writer Confesses . . . an essay by Lewis DeSoto

The appeal of memoirs that lead us “gently, into a different literary country”: guest post by Lynette Benton

Swirl & Swing: A Writing Blog

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Where Do They Come From? (Where Do They Go?),
an essay on writing from life by Barbara Lambert