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In Memoriam: Minnie Gray
Minnie Gray 2010-February 8, 2021 It is with heavy hearts that we said goodbye to our Director of Cuddles earlier in February. Minnie Gray was a wonderful staff member, a great friend and a good, good girl. We're going to miss you, Minnie. Carolyn Gray, Minnie's momma...
Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s by Marion Agnew
Marion Agnew didn’t want to write about her brilliant, often formidable, mother. Instead, she wanted to save her. But as it became clear that was impossible, she began to write, searching for ways to understand and accept her mother even as the person she’d once been...
Double Play Review! Bang Bang & Mustard by Kat Sandler
Toronto playwright Kat Sandler explores the liminal space between the real and the fictional in two recently published plays Bang Bang and Mustard. In the former, she presents the story of a young playwright whose latest work of gritty social drama...
The Transaction By Guglielmo D’Izzia
The Transaction, Guglielmo D’Izzia’s debut novel, cements his place as a master of prose. It won the 2016 Marina Nemat Award and was named a 2020 International Book Awards Finalist. The novel follows a man named De Angelis as he travels to a small Italian town called...
Contest Winners Announced!
Presenting: The winners of our 2020 writing contests! A big ol' congrats to this year's winning writers & a big ol' thank you to our judges Garry Thomas Morse, Casey Plett & Trisha Cull! Info on all of our winners, along with a teaser of their winning pieces...
Our winter issue is here!
Our winter issue has arrived! Check out new work by Margaret Sweatman, Gillian Sze, Roger Nash, Tawahum Bige & more! Featuring the essay “Out of the Shadows” by Marilyn Bowering, as well as a tribute to the late Laurie Block by Bruce Sarbit. Pick up a copy here:...