Mar
19
"Those craters, which introduced me to the pain of life, which taught me about the un-solidness of ground, also became a portal to my becoming a writer." ~ Kyo Maclear On the eve...
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Mar
11
OONYA KEMPADOO will be guest author for my Spice Isle Writing & Yoga Retreat, coming up April 7 to 14, 2013, at Petite Anse Hotel on the island of Grenada. Oonya has lived most of her life in various Caribbean islands and...
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Mar
06
A lifelong writer, HYACINTHE MILLER is editing drafts of her non-fiction book (Police Officer: Journeys from Recruit to Chief), two novels, and an anthology of erotic short stories. She is president of the Writers’ Community of York Region and a member of Sisters in Crime and Toronto Romance Writers. She maintains a...
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Feb
27
From Rudy Wiebe's memoir Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest (Knopf Canada, 2006; Vintage Canada, 2007): "My first memory: water arcing and the length of Liz’s small leg scalded; which is not as dreadful as Abe’s throat, but why are the rafters there? Why would we...
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Feb
20
Excerpt from "Backtalk: Notes Toward an Essay on Memoir," by Richard Hoffman. Read this thought-provoking essay in its entirety here. "The act of remembering one's life and examining it for meaning is the elemental act of anyone on a spiritual...
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Feb
11
When Freda Coulter participated in one of my memoir writing workshop series for North York Central Library's Canadiana Department, I was so moved by a version of the following family history story that I asked her to share it with you here. Fans of tales about grand estates and the...
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