Short Story Month: People and Places
May is Short Story Month! In honour of that, we’ve put together a series that shares some of our favourite short story collections with you – a guide to our […]
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National Poetry Month: Poetry as Breath
How can poetry set you free? The final offering in our National Poetry month series is an intimate reflection from Laila Malik. As she speaks on breath, survival, and possibility, […]
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How can poetry set you free? Slide down our National Poetry Month series rabbit hole with Shani Mootoo’s phenomenal response to the query: “Discussions about, and answers to big questions, […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month: Poetry as Parallel Universe
How can poetry set you free? Can poetry be a safe space? An act of protest? What about both? For our National Poetry Month query, River Halen gets personal about […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month: Poetry as Amplification
How can poetry set you free? Adebe DeRango-Adem continues our National Poetry Month series with a message on how poetry’s voice can move us to necessary action. Read her far […]
Continue reading“A constant movement, an ongoing development”: In Conversation with Laila Malik
Today, we are delighted to be in conversation with Laila Malik, author of archipelago. Malik’s lyrical poems intertwine histories of exile and ecological devastation. Beginning with a coming of age […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month: Poetry and Solidarity
How can poetry set you free? The next voice in our National Poetry Month series belongs to Daniel Sarah Karasik. They astutely examine the way in which poetry can be […]
Continue readingHappy Book Birthday to Places Like These by Lauren Carter!
Today, we are delighted to celebrate the release of award-winning writer Lauren Carter’s moving short story collection, Places Like These! A 2023 Fiction Pick from CBC Books, 49th Shelf, and […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month: Poetry as Awareness
How can poetry set you free? Author Kate Cayley answers our National Poetry Month series question with a query of her own: can poetry’s request for our acute attention be […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month: Poetry as Empowerment
How can poetry set you free? Our National Poetry Month series continues with a response by Therese Estacion on how poetry reflects the most vulnerable parts of our humanity and […]
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