From Fledgling to F*#@ing Flight
WARNING Not a festival to censor, the below blog includes some carefully placed symbols. From Fledgling to F*#@ing Flight An A&*!!@hole’s Ten Tips to Elevate Your Prose By Juan Hitta #1 most important is to write all the f*#@ing time. the good thing about going to writing school is it forces you to pump out […]
The Brink of Freedom
A book review by Rebecca Wood Barrett Stella Leventoyannis Harvey’s new novel The Brink of Freedom tells the story of desperate searches for new beginnings. The ensemble cast are struggling to escape in so many ways—to shed some shameful aspect of the person they’ve become, or seek liberation from the miseries of poverty and violence. […]
Inside The Outside Circle
A book review by Katherine Fawcett First Nations communities have long known the healing power of story-telling. But healing can be a painful process, and like splitting open infected wounds and washing them with salty tears, those stories are often hard to hear. The Outside Circle, a graphic novel by Patti LaBoucane-Benson (illustrated by Kelly […]
Oh My!
Katherine Fawcett’s short story collection, Little Washer of Sorrows Review by Karen McLeod How does Katherine Fawcett come up with these fantastic, original stories? I picture the author and her friends on a dock, it’s a summer evening, they’ve had a few, and then the “What if?” conversation starts. The first story in the collection, […]
Subtle Suspense
A Book Review of Punishment by Linden MacIntyre Review by Karen McLeod One sign of a great read is that it turns me into a not-so-great mom. Case in point: this summer, while the good moms on the ferry were flapping and squinting on deck, steering the hope-filled gazes of their children towards an orca […]
Had A Glass: Wine Book Review
By Nicole Fitzgerald Half a dozen girlfriends on a Saturday night raise their glasses. More than a dozen wine bottles sit in the not so far distance. Some are uncorked, tattooing red rings on the kitchen counter. Others lips are sealed in the fridge. But we are a noisy bunch by midnight. Everyone is eagerly […]
Is taking off more important than landing?
By Susan Oakey-Baker I procrastinate. My thesis adviser said he’d never seen anyone produce so much at the eleventh hour. The more meaningful the task, the more there is to lose, the more vulnerable I feel, the more I procrastinate, until I become paralyzed. I suffer from the usual barriers; fear of failure, hung up […]