I'm pleased to announce here the talented winners of the 2nd annual Aspiring Canadian Poets Contest: 1st prize: Natalia...
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“I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”
— James A. Michener
Tokens of War: A Seven Treasures post, by Pat Irwin Lycett (#22)
September 25, 2013
Pat Irwin Lycett is a former creative writing student of mine. In fact, she participated in one of my first...
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Why This Story? Why This Story Now?: Storytelling in the Digital Age
September 12, 2013
Guest post by Robert Kershaw Retreats for staff of the Center for Digital Storytelling happen twice a year, and...
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A Seven Treasures post by Janis McCallen
August 28, 2013
The Seven Treasures series is back by popular demand, with this guest post by Janis McCallen. As a young girl, JANIS...
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“[W]rite to please yourself, to be true to yourself …”: Interview with Author Alexandra Leggat (Part 2)
August 21, 2013
Alexandra Leggat delighted participants as guest speaker at my Turquoise Waters Writers' Retreat in the Kawartha Lakes, July 29 to August...
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“The Pickup Meal”: an essay by Alexandra Risen (published in The Globe and Mail’s “Facts & Arguments”)
August 14, 2013
The small white truck was parked on the sidewalk of a busy Toronto street. Two wooden bushel baskets of fresh...
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“I’m a little wild on the page”: Interview with Author Alexandra Leggat (Part 1)
July 18, 2013
I'm excited that Alexandra will be taking part as guest speaker in my Turquoise Waters Writers' Retreat in the Kawartha Lakes,...
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Oonya Kempadoo’s “All Decent Animals” Makes Oprah’s 2013 Summer Reading List
June 27, 2013
"How am I only now finding out about this writer?" writes Karen Russell for Oprah's Summer Reading List in O,...
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Where Do They Come From? (Where Do They Go?),
an essay on writing from life by Barbara Lambert
June 25, 2013
ONCE UPON A TIME in the Okanagan Valley, there was a young girl said to be the apple of...
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Bound by a Moment: an essay by Dale Synnett-Caron (published in the Globe’s “Facts & Arguments”)
June 14, 2013
"Recognize anyone?” my cousin asks on Facebook. I click on a series of photos that chronicle Justin Trudeau’s life, and...
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My Secret Life: A Writer Confesses . . . an essay by Lewis DeSoto
June 5, 2013
My secret life is not to be confused with a “secret identity.” I won’t be dashing off to a phone...
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The appeal of memoirs that lead us “gently, into a different literary country”: guest post by Lynette Benton
May 29, 2013
When I came across a Twitter exchange between Allyson (@allysonlatta) and M. Summerfield Smith (@MarnieMemoirs) praising the work...
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