Online Exclusives
Being Rescued
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop about. stories. join. team. contact. donate. Being Rescued by Cecilia Vizcaíno I am quickly entering the sea. We are in Miramar, Argentina for our summer vacation. The beach is full of people sunbathing, young men playing soccer, children making sandcastles with canals at the shore, some people are swimming […]
The Virgin
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop about. stories. join. team. contact. donate. The Virgin by Anandi Carroll-Woolery My younger brother and I were bored. We had come from Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. We had been whisked away from our toys, our books, our TV shows, to the village of California […]
The Delicious Jam
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop about. stories. join. team. contact. donate. The Delicious Jam by Abeer Shamiea It was early morning, and I woke up to the melody of the songs my mom likes to play on the tape recorder. I heard my mom cleaning around the house preparing for a big project for […]
Twenty Scones
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop about. stories. join. team. contact. donate. Twenty Scones by Thoko Hanjahanja-Phiri I am at home. It’s safe and cozy inside. Safe because I am not getting rained on outside. The weather has been miserable for several days now. “The crops are getting uprooted because of all the heavy rain, […]
Labour of Love
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop about. stories. join. team. contact. donate. Labour of Love by Jie Chen My mom was a high school teacher in China, where teachers work long hours. More than 10 hours a day is normal. Because of the demanding job, the government provided teachers free accommodation on campus so that […]
The Avocado Tree
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop about. stories. join. team. contact. donate. The Avocado Tree by Peggy Plet I am ten years old. It is recess at school and I’m walking with Mieke, my best friend. We met last year in grade four. We like each other just because. I accept Mieke, as she is. […]
Gravity
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop about. stories. join. team. contact. donate. Gravity by Lindsey Carter I grew up in suburbia, a patchwork of neighborhoods stitched together by malls, shopping centers, gas stations, and churches. A place in Northern Virginia valued mostly for its proximity to the city—and the people whose self-importance can be measured […]
Launched: Fast Commute by Laurie D. Graham
Laurie D. Graham grew up in Treaty 6 territory (Sherwood Park, Alberta). She currently lives in Nogojiwanong, in the territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg (Peterborough, Ontario), where she is a writer, an editor, and the publisher of Brick magazine. Her first book, Rove, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for best first book […]
On Writing and Vulnerability with Sarah Caley
The first time I participated in a creative writing workshop was in my final year of undergrad at Wilfrid Laurier University. I had finally gathered the courage to take the creative nonfiction course, after years of telling everyone around me that “I am not a creative writer.” I came to the workshop prepared with my […]
Mark Foss’ Writing Space
For the past ten years, I’ve lived in an early twentieth century triplex in Mile End–Plateau in Montreal. It’s the kind of neighbourhood where a writer might easily spend an afternoon in a café with a coffee, a notebook, and a sharp pencil. Yet it’s not something that comes easily to me because I don’t […]