Mar
25
Christine Barbetta is enjoying some long dreamed-of success with her writing. Yesterday her poignant short memoir "My Cemetery Misdemeanour" appeared on the Globe and Mail's Facts & Arguments page. (The photo above will make sense when you read her story.) This follows on the heels of another of her short memoirs,...
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Mar
17
Vancouver writer, cartoonist and editor Sarah Leavitt is the author of the graphic memoir Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother, and Me (Freehand Books, 2010). Her first book garnered favourable reviews and has gone on to be a finalist in several literary competitions. Sarah spoke with me recently about...
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Mar
07
Studying the Writer's Mind by Allyson Latta This essay was first published in the newsletter of the Writers' Community of Durham Region, December 2010. It is reprinted here with the permission of WCDR. (more…)
Feb
28
Susan Siddeley's humorous "After You, Mr. Mayor" has won first prize in a British contest, the first-annual Malton Literature Festival short story competition. The tale is based on her memory of an incident that occurred years ago while she was living in Jamaica. She is particularly pleased with the win because the story presented a unique challenge: writing...
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Jan
14
♦ Guest Post by Nina Spencer Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it! —Goethe Some people are professional writers that cross over to professional speaking, while others are speakers that cross over to writing. I’m the latter. To this...
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Dec
11
Emily Finkelstein's short story "Adage," based on her experiences as a dance student, has been accepted for publication in Writings: Volume 2, the 2010 anthology of the Canadian Authors Association (Montreal Branch). It focuses on a young dancer's struggle to reconcile the opposing values of her family and her ballet...
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