Photo by Michele ComeauInterview by Chimedum Ohaegbu Zalika Reid-Benta’s collection, Frying Plantain (House of Anansi Press 2019), is her splash-making debut, already garnering a spot on the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The collection consists of twelve linked stories about...
Photo by Brigitte LacombeInterview by Chimedum Ohaegbu Mona Awad’s highly anticipated second book, Bunny (Viking, 2019), is a campus novel dipped in malice and wonder. The novel follows lonely MFA student Samantha Heather Mackey, who desperately longs for the...
Photo by Emily CooperInterview by Tania De Rozario I first met Ivan Coyote in 2018 while they were a writer-in-residence at Simon Fraser University’s English department. A seasoned performer and author of twelve books, Coyote’s latest collection, Rebent Sinner...
Naming the Shadows Sharon BergThe Porcupine’s Quill (2019) Review by Irina Moga Sharon Berg’s collection of short stories Naming the Shadows (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2019) is the author’s first book of fiction and another milestone in her writing career. Based...
Exciting news! “Pooka” by Angélique Lalonde, published in PRISM 56.4, has won the 2019 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. The Journey Prize is Canada’s top recognition for short fiction by emerging writers. The Journey Prize jury, Carleigh...
Interview by Molly Cross-Blanchard When the PRISM team first began to discuss integrating artwork into the print issue, Danielle Friesen’s name was one of the first to come up. Her ink drawings are simple and dynamic, muscular and feminine,...
It’s that time of year again! PRISM’s annual Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is now open for submissions. The prize is named for Jacob Zilber, who played a central role founding the University of British Columbia’s department of...
Sprawl. We love the onomatopoeic quality of this word. To spread, to be without boundary, to reach outside oneself, unapologetic. Imagine unfolding prairies, the slouch of city streets, the smoky silhouette of mountains beyond mountains. What stories reverberate home;...