With World Poetry Month (April) beating a path to our door once more, I wanted to engage in a dialogue with Tawahum Bige about all things poetry and the universe with someone who has a screaming new book baby entering this cruel world quite soon.
John Payton Foden is a Toronto-based writer. His novel Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human condition. The novel follows a journalist, Silva, as she and her team make their way deep into a city under siege, in order to recover the body of Thierry, an award-winning filmmaker who has been killed there.
Ian Colford’s short fiction has appeared in Event, Grain, Riddle Fence, The Antigonish Review, The Fiddlehead and other literary publications. His previous books are Evidence, The Crimes of Hector Tomás, Perfect World and A Dark House and Other Stories. His work has been shortlisted for the Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Relit Award, the Journey Prize, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. He lives in Halifax.
Diana Stevan has worked as a family therapist, teacher, actor, model, and CBC TV sports reporter. She’s published poetry, a short story, newspaper articles, a novelette The Blue Nightgown and three novels.
Peg Tittle is a prolific author, and not just in one genre either. She has published everything from creative fiction to articles in journals to textbooks.
From Andrea Miller comes a diverse collection of essays, articles, and interviews. Miller, whose writing …
Matthew Heneghan is the author of A Medic’s Mind, his memoirs of working as a medic with both the armed forces and in civilian services. His account of dealing with PTSD, his family, alcoholism and more are vividly and candidly explored in his debut publication. At the time of this writing, A Medic’s Mind is on “The Very Best!” Book Awards 2020 longlist for Best First Book (Non-Fiction).
Saying goodbye to 2019 is a little easier when there’s much to look forward to regarding the literary scene from my perspective here in Atlantic Canada. In this post, I’m going to highlight a few books, some I am currently reading and others that are near or at the top of my TBR list. There are also some interviews to look forward to, as well as new releases.
Since it is almost the end of 2019 (and another decade slips away), I thought it would be interesting to look back at some of the most popular posts here at The Miramichi Reader for 2019.