Terese Mason Pierre is the editor of As The Earth Dreams (House of Anansi Press), a ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.
This conversation took place on December 29th, 2024. It has been lightly edited for clarity and to the interviewee’s satisfaction.
The personas writers invent (often subconsciously) for their non-fiction usually attempt or pretend to show more or less of the private self. In Because Somebody Asked Me To, bemedaled and oft-rewarded Guy Vanderhaeghe favours a straight speaking tone, whether reviewing Richard Ford or talking to historians.
Stephen Osborne is a long-time British Columbia-based literary raconteur and starter of bookish projects. In 1971,
“I write against violence. I write against fascism. I write against one person dominating another.” Timothy Findley Already garnering attention from the likes of Margaret Atwood on Twitter, Tiff: A Life of Timothy Findley is finally here. First announced over three years ago in Quill & Quire, this mammoth investigation of Findley’s life has been …
The following review is by Naomi MacKinnon of Consumed by Ink, and is reproduced here with her kind permission. [dropcap]If [/dropcap]you’re looking for that one beautiful gem, David Chariandy’s Brother just might be it. It’s raw and honest, and the writing is as smooth as silk. Michael and his older brother Francis are close as …
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