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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The TNQ Office Team’s Favourite Reads of 2024
The TNQ office team had a successful reading year both in and out of the office. Below, we share some of our favourite books we read for pleasure in 2024. The Rasmussen Papers by Connie Gault I decided to filter my search for the best book I’ve read this year by thinking about what surprised […]
Renée D. Bondy’s Writing Space
I wrote the short story “Döstädning” (TNQ 172) in my home office. The word ‘office’ makes the space sound more substantial than it is. Bigger than a closet, but smaller than a room, it’s more like a nook. The ceiling slopes, and if I stretch out my arms, I can easily touch the walls. My […]
What’s Kevin Irie Reading?
As with people, some poetry books hold your respect, others hold your imagination. I am thinking in particular of a debut collection I bought earlier this year. shima by shō yamagushiku (McClelland & Stewart 2024) is an absolutely compelling achievement, a work set in our time that lives beyond this time, spiralling like his visual […]
Kelly S. Thompson’s Writing Space
My military dad always had a saying: Flexibility is the principle of administration. Not exactly a warm family motto, but when you move around a lot, a necessary one. Now, as a spouse of a Canadian Forces Officer, I’m used to moving all the time—at least every year or two, which means the space in […]
Finding the Form with Megan Beadle
I can’t take credit for the idea of a full moon party on a wildflower farm where ladies from the Barrie area go to let loose. In fact, I stole the inspiration from my own generous mother. This fact adds further commentary to this story about the nature of motherhood, but I’ll let you decide […]
The Root Cellars of Elliston: An Interview Between Poet Richard Brait and Consulting Editor Barbara Carter
Barb Carter, Consulting Editor, in conversation with Richard Brait on his poem “The Root Cellars of Elliston,” the runner-up of The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest for 2024. The poem will appear in the upcoming Issue 172 of The New Quarterly. Barb: What prompted your visit to Elliston, Trinity Bay, “The Root Cellar Capital of […]
