Online Exclusives
Finding the Form with Marilo Nunez
Welcome to the latest installation of “Finding the Form.” In this new series, contributors share how they found and developed the creative form for their recent work in The New Quarterly. You can find Marilo Nunez’s “We All Want to Change the World” in Issue 150. I am a new short story writer. I am […]
What is Richard A. Johnson Reading?
Horizon by Barry Lopez (Random House Canada, 2019) Few books have harnessed my insatiable wanderlust and stimulated my consciousness of the natural world as much as Lopez’s 1986 masterpiece, Arctic Dreams. And certainly no writer has so eloquently placed me at the distant edge of a wild place I had never visited and made me feel […]
What is Moneesha R. Kalamder Reading?
Reading Rumi: Selected Poems, translated by Coleman Banks I’m currently reading a translation of the work by the Persian poet Rumi. Jelaluddin Rumi was a 13th century mystic and an islamic scholar. His poetry speaks of love, passion, spirituality, and being human. I was raised in the islamic faith myself, regularly observing daily rituals but […]
What is Sadiqa de Meijer Reading?
Welcome to the latest instalment of “Who’s Reading What.” In this series, contributors to The New Quarterly share their reading list and recommendations. You can find Sadiqa de Meijer’s “True Places” in Issue 150. I’m reading a book right now that was written by a 6-year-old in Oregon in the early twentieth century. I’ve never read […]
The New Quarterly Nominated for Five Literary Awards
It was announced in early May that The New Quarterly earned five nominations at this year’s National Magazine Awards. Nominations included two in Poetry, two in Personal Journalism, and one in Fiction. The competition was strong as more than 185 Canadian print and digital magazines put forth submissions in both official languages. In the twenty […]
Launched: Out of Old Ontario Kitchens by Lindy Mechefske
Welcome to the latest instalment of Launched, the series with the scoop on new books by Canadian authors. Lindy Mechefske is a Kingston-based writer whose new book, Out of Old Ontario Kitchens, came out in 2018. It is the latest in a provincial series published by Nova Scotia-based MacIntyre Purcell. Her previous books are Sir […]
Finding the Form with Brent van Staalduinen
First, a confession: “Gone Supernova” began its life as a commissioned piece for another literary journal. The editor approached me to see if I’d be interested in writing something, and I pitched an essay that would explore the books that carried through my hospital stay and recovery from a nasty bout of bacterial pneumonia. In […]
What is Mohamad Kebbewar Reading?
I recently finished reading Pablo Neruda Abscence and Prescence by Poirot. It was a fantastic read with photos of the poet’s home. It was a profound experience to read Neruda especially when he experienced similar political instability in his country and as a poet as I do here in Aleppo. On Writing by Stephen King […]
Richard Kemick’s Writing Space
My partner and I live in a small apartment in the town of Rossland, BC. I picked up the faux-wood desk at a Salvation Army and have commandeered a corner of our faux-granite countertop. Out the window is both the encircling mountain range (which reminds me to take our dog, Maisy, for some snowshoeing) and […]
Sarah Totton’s Writing Space
In my last apartment, I would write in a tie-dyed beanbag chair on the floor or in a wooden-backed chair at my desk (the same desk in the photograph). It was a studio apartment on the top floor of a 144-year-old heritage building with four enormous windows. The temperature regularly went above 30 degrees in […]