"Recognize anyone?” my cousin asks on Facebook. I click on a series of photos that chronicle Justin Trudeau’s life, and among them is a shot from 1973. Pierre Elliott Trudeau... read more
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Life Without Agenda: author Marleen Rechsteiner on writing, and raising a son with Williams syndrome
"Writing [in the first person] was a painful process since it exposed me and made me feel vulnerable. All my feelings became so much more real. The rewriting caused me... read more
Here's a spring roundup of recent publishing and writing-competition news from my former students and workshop participants, along with details of a new... read more
Announcement by Arleigh Fanning Kory Shillam has always been a writer. Daughter of William Albert Tutte, the front page editor of the Vancouver Sun during... read more
Toronto-based writer Lynette Dathorne’s story “Scenes from My Youth,” an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, has been named first runner-up in the Nonfiction... read more
A compelling title and back-cover blurb for a real memoir-in-progress by Mary E. McIntyre is featured as one of Today's Picks in the entertaining CBC Canada Writes Autobiography Challenge. Read her submission here.... read more