The Fredericton Walking Bridge lit up at night, seen through some dead winter trees.

Why I Wrote this Book: Issue #66 — Poetry Issue!

Featuring David Ly, Conyer Clayton, Sanna Wani, and Jade Wallace David Ly, author of Ritual, Interrupted (Palimpsest Press, September 2026) I feel like I have a curiosity to be close to something scary — see how close I can get before the warning lights flash in my mind to run. And, for me, there’s nothing …

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The Fredericton Walking Bridge lit up at night, seen through some dead winter trees.

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #65

Featuring Gina N. Brown, Jules Torti, Lisa de Nikolits, and Alice Fitzpatrick Gina N. Brown, author of Pickled in Love (NovaHeart, Sep 2025) Pickled in Love was a TMR Best Book of 2025! In early 2025, the world felt chaotic. Friends were anxious and urged me to write something relatable, light-hearted and distracting. I thought …

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The Fredericton Walking Bridge lit up at night, seen through some dead winter trees.

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #64 — Anstruther Press takeover!

Featuring Chelsea Humphries, Jenny Berkel, Edie Reaney Chunn, and Jordan Redekop-Jones Chelsea Humphries, author of Flower Language Flower Language emerged, in part, from my fascination with the Victorian age and my love of secret codes and hidden meanings. Floriography is the language of flowers, popularized by the Victorians in the nineteenth century. It ascribes significance …

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Celestial Poesis: A Conversation with Kyle Flemmer

Calgary-based poet, publisher, and digital artist Kyle Flemmer has long been a vital member of his literary communities, both in Canada and abroad, and he has just released his second full-length book of poetry, Supergiants, with Wolsak & Wynn. Supergiantsis impressive for the way it represents Flemmer’s robust imagination and technical skill as a poet working at the intersection of language and visual media.

Picture of a busy bookstore, celebrating something. Most people are turned away from the camera, but one woman is grinning at it, with a hand on her hip. The woman is Sue Slade, manager of the Dartmouth Book Exchange.

Independent Bookstore Day 2026 and Sue Slade

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is April 25, 2026! TMR has a hard-working editor busy with all things East Coast, PLUS her day-time job as manager of Dartmouth Book Exchange. Sue Slade works tirelessly advocating for Atlantic authors, discovering books of all descriptions, and meeting with people who read! TMR is proud to recognize Sue Slade …

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The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball Powerhouse | Interview with Oren Weisfeld

In The Golden Generation: How Canada Became a Basketball Powerhouse, basketball journalist Oren Weisfeld looks past the highlights and toward the hard, often uncomfortable work of building a national basketball ecosystem – one shaped by immigration, resistance from governing bodies, U.S. prep schools, grassroots rebels, and decades of tension.