We are so very pleased to announce the shortlist for this year’s Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. Here are the five shortlisted short stories: “The Last Snow Globe Repairman in the World” by Hsien Chong Tan, Vancouver, BC “Restaurant for Homesick...
We are so very pleased to announce the longlist for this year’s Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. We received so many wonderful entries and narrowing it down was no easy task. Congratulations to the shortlisted writers!!!! Here are...
Shapeshifters Estlin McPhee Rahila’s Ghost Press, 2018 Review by Andrew W. French In a poem aptly titled “Poetry,” Louis Dudek writes that the task of the poet is to “find a voice, / lost in the clutter and noise...
Aurora Borealice Joan Steacy Conundrum Press, 2019 Review by Kris Rothstein Aurora Borealice, described as an “autobio/graphic novel”—a very light fictionalization of the author’s life—is the story of Alice, an irreverent underachiever from a working class family that runs...
Interview by David Ly Anton Pooles’ Monster 36, one of the latest chapbooks from Anstruther Press, invites readers on a fantastical journey with fourteen short fairy tale-like poems, each packed with an emotional frequency akin to what could be...
Photo by Tim Matheson Review by Issie Patterson In a play centered around environmental activism and one of its heroes, an audience can generally expect discouraging statistics and brooding monologues delivered in front of images of devastated natural resources....
Interview by Cara Nelissen The Growing Room Festival is taking place from March 8-17, 2019. In this Q&A series we chat with some of the writers being featured at the festival about their work and the importance of community. Below is...
Photo by Laurence Philomene Interview by Cara Nelissen The Growing Room Festival is taking place from March 8-17, 2019. In this Q&A series we chat with some of the writers being featured at the festival about their work and the importance...
Photo by Joy Gyamfi By Rebecca Peng From March 8 to 17, more than a hundred of Canada’s most groundbreaking authors will convene in Vancouver for the third Growing Room Festival. The only feminist literary festival in North America,...
