About the Author
Susan Musgrave
Susan Musgrave, the author of more than 25 books including 'What the Small Day Cannot Hold: Collected Poems 1970-1985', has won numerous prizes, including the CBC Award for Poetry and the bpNichol Poetry Chapbook Award. She has been a writer-in-residence at universities across Canada and has given readings around the world. She lives on Vancouver Island.
Here to start off Read the Provinces—our celebration of authors across Canada—is BC-based author Peggy Herring. Below Peggy tells us about the fascinating research behind her novel Anna, Like Thunder (Brindle & Glass Publishing), a fresh retelling of the story of St. ... Read more
The impetus behind Spencer Sheehan-Kalina's children's book Nootka Sound in Harmony (Rebel Mountain Press) came on a paddling trip around Nootka Sound in British Columbia when he discovered his love for Vancouver Island's rugged north. Below we chat with Spencer about his ... Read more
It's the day after Valentine's Day, and we're ready for some Love Week REAL TALK: namely, a frank discussion about marriage from the contributors of Caitlin Press' Love Me True: Writers Reflect on the Ins, Outs, Ups & Downs of Marriage. Check out the choice contributor ... Read more
It's Short Story Month, and we're fit to feature Julia Leggett's fierce debut, Gone South and Other Ways to Disappear (Mother Tongue Publishing). This collection of raw, darkly humorous stories concerning women at the brink of momentous and even devastating life changes ... Read more
It's the Galiano Literary Festival this week! They've got tons of great authors headed that way over the weekend. There's also a panel discussion in Montreal and poetry all over the place (awesome).
Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available ... Read more
We’re already in the thick of Literary Festival Season, with great events like Halifax’s Word on the Street and Winnipeg’s Thin Air Festival already in session or just passed. We’re here with a roundup of what’s yet to come, so clear your calendar! Things are about ... Read more
Welcome to this month’s edition of Jules’ Tools for Social Change, a column that features a book, author or publisher whose work deals with issues of race, gender, sexuality, ability, colonialism, economic justice, or other social justice topics.
For the second entry in our Poetry Primer series we turn to senior poet Phil Hall. Currently the poetry editor at Toronto indie press BookThug, Hall's own poetry has been decorated with such awards as the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry and the Trillium Book Award ... Read more
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