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Finding the Form with Amber Fenik
I feel that for myself, being a writer is akin to madness – or, the closest I’ll ever get to a permanently altered state of mind. I’ll be on my way to get groceries and suddenly the image of a man in a blue coat running through the woods during a thunderstorm will flash into […]
What’s Jill Solnicki Reading?
I first “met” Virginia Woolf at the end of high school, just before I began university—those two transitional months of summer between the end of adolescence and the beginning of young adulthood. I can picture myself, lying in the garden on the chaise lounge that July, opening Mrs. Dalloway, a book about which I knew […]
What’s Kimberly Peterson Reading?
I keep poetry books on my bedside table so that I can begin my day with a teaspoon of quiet reflection. Hand Shadows (Wintergreen Studio Press, 2024) sits on top of my stack these days. It captured my attention by featuring two of my favourite passions: poetry and dance. Susan Wismer responds poetically to dancers Michele […]
Michele Wong’s Writing Space
I am not always aware of my space when an idea comes along. As long as I have my phone, I can write these snippets anywhere. But for that very elongated time period when editing requires a quiet space, I prefer somewhere away from too many people and near a kettle (to make tea) which […]
TNQers Favourite Books Read In 2024
At the end of the year, we asked our TNQ community to share their favourite books read in 2024. Here is what they recommended: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah This powerful dystopian novel lays bare the failures of the prison system and suggests a path forward to meaningful change. Becky Blake The Adventures of […]
What’s Kathy Stinson Reading?
I recently finished reading A History of Women in 101 Objects by Annabelle Hirsch. I was drawn to the book by its title, then a little put off by its textbook-ish appearance — but this history of the world and the role of women in it from prehistory to the present day was anything but […]
What’s Dagne Forrest Reading?
I’m always deep into poetry, and this fall two new collections have been a real focus: “The Widow’s Crayon Box” by Molly Peacock, and “Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire” by Jason Schneiderman. Molly is an author I originally knew through her nonfiction writing (I’m a huge fan of both The Paper […]
Interview with 2023 Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award Winner Alex Kitt
Alex Kitt was the winner of the 2023 Peter Hinchcliffe Award, for his story “Bruise and Shine” which later won Gold at the National Magazine Awards. How do you write, exactly? Usually, writing starts with an idea I want to explore further, something that holds heat. I follow and build around that moment, an image […]
Under Review: Suzanne Nussey’s Slow Walk Home
Ever since she won the Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest in 2013, I have been delighted to see Suzanne Nussey’s name among the 120 poets who submit to each of our two yearly reading sessions, eager to read what I know will be thoughtful and well crafted poetry and hopeful that the editorial team will […]
Finding the Form with Nash Lott
It matters that I explain how I think about form before speaking to how I got there with “Polling Station”, or how I may approach it with other poems. I acknowledge that form, in its most basic definition, tends to mean the “shape” of the words on the page; if one sticks to a textualist […]