Michael Poliwoda was the guy who always wanted to be a writer but never actually wrote anything. Though he wrote a poem once, that made no sense. So, imagine our surprise when he started to […]
From the age of six, Branka Petrovic’s life has unfolded between languages and landscapes. Born in Former Yugoslavia and raised in Canada, she grew up attuned to the subtle shifts of accent. Immigration was not […]
Tina Wayland is a writer, poet and recent graduate of Concordia University’s Master’s in Creative Writing program. An advertising professional by day, Tina writes about motherhood, relationships, family, place, history, roots, and the built and […]
Jay Quint is a writer in Montreal. His book, Village Dreams, is being published this spring by Guernica Editions. Jay worked for nearly a decade on the book. After years of travel (he lived in […]
I can attest that Paige Walshe has been an artist her entire life, as I am her older sister. For 25 years, I’ve watched her grow from doodling on our bedroom walls to now publishing […]
Ann Cavlovic is an incredibly hard-working writer. On top of numerous short stories and essays published widely, she recently released her debut novel, Count On Me. She also holds down a full-time job and single […]
Foster Gareau is a friend and a poet who moved to Montreal and immediately started doing the most (in the best way). In the span of about a year, he has managed to embed himself […]
For nearly 140 years, the Fraser-Hickson Institute has been a cornerstone of literacy in Quebec, and today its flagship initiative, minibiblioPLUS, is bringing books and storytime directly to children across the province. At the heart […]
The Blue Metropolis Foundation is a non-profit organization that hosts an annual literary festival of international calibre and provides a variety of educational and social programs throughout the year, both in classrooms and online. These initiatives use reading […]
I often think of Neil Smith as a creature more than a person, in the best of all possible ways. He has a magical quality about him; rather than walking, he seems to hover inches […]
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