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Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #60

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 by Liz Johnston, Jane Park and Jaclyn Desforges

Featuring Liz Johnston, Jane Park, and Jacqueline Desforges

Categories Featured Posts, Special Features, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, Novels, short fiction, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #59 — All Poetry!

April 18, 2026 by Jennifer LoveGrove, Misha Solomon, Saraswoti Lamichhane and Kathryn MacDonald

Featuring Jennifer LoveGrove, Misha Solomon, Saraswoti Lamichhane, and Kathryn MacDonald

Categories Featured Posts, Special Features, Why I Wrote This Book Tags Poetry, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #58

March 22, 2026 by Marie-Josée Poisson, Alison Gadsby, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and Natalie Southworth

Featuring Marie-Josée Poisson, Alison Gadsby, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Natalie Southworth

Categories Featured Posts, Special Features, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, historical fiction, memoir, short stories, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #57

February 21, 2026 by Kasia Van Schaik, Mallory Tater, David Martin and Barbara Emodi

Featuring David Martin, Mallory Tater, Kasia Van Schaik, and Barbara Emodi

Categories Featured Posts, Special Features, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, nonfiction, Poetry, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #56

February 1, 2026 by Chris Klassen, Ben Zalkind, Irina Moga and Bretton Loney

Featuring Ben Zalkind, Chris Klassen, Irina Moga, and Bretton Loney

Categories Featured Posts, Special Features, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, Poetry, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote this Book: Issue #55

January 26, 2026January 11, 2026 by Joanne Culley, Dena Jackson, Shelagh Meagher and Dr. Jacques A. Frigault

Featuring Joanne Culley, Dena Jackson, Shelagh Meagher, and Dr. Jacques A. Frigault

Categories Featured Posts, Special Features, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, mental health, nonfiction, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #54

November 23, 2025 by Nicholas Ruddock, M.S. Berry, Lucy E. M. Black and Melanie Schnell

Featuring Nicholas Ruddock, M.S. Berry, Lucy Black, and Melanie Schnell

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book Issue #53: Now I Shall Leave You to Your Fate Takeover Edition!

November 16, 2025 by Sophie McCreesh, Liz Harmer and Jean Marc Ah-Sen

Hear from the contributors of Now I Shall Leave You To Your Fate about why they wrote their stories in the collection!

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags anthology, short fiction, short stories, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #52

November 3, 2025November 2, 2025 by Katie Welch, Ann Cavlovic, Meg Todd and Conor Mc Donnell

Featuring Katie Welch, Ann Cavlovic, Meg Todd, and Conor Mc Donnell

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags excerpts, fiction, October Releases, Poetry, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #51

October 5, 2025 by Shawn Lawlor, Bryn Pottie, Merilyn Simonds and David Elias

Featuring Shawn Lawlor, Bryn Pottie, Merilyn Simonds, and David Elias

Categories Atlantic Canada, Editor's Choice, Featured Posts, Miramichi, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Why I Wrote This Book Tags Atlantic Canada, fiction, Miramichi, nonfiction, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #50

September 21, 2025 by Shani Mootoo, Guy Elston, Nadia Ragbar and Aamir Hussain

Featuring Shani Mootoo, Guy Elston, Nadia Ragbar, and Aamir Hussain

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags fiction, Poetry, September Books, Why I Wrote This Book

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Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #49

August 18, 2025August 17, 2025 by Halina St. James, Giles Blunt, John Brady McDonald and A. Jamali Rad

Featuring Halina St. James, Giles Blunt, John Brady McDonald, and A. Jamali Rad

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags 19th Century, family history, fiction, Germany, historical fiction, Indigenous, memoir, nonfiction, Poetry, Why I Wrote This Book, WWII History

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Why I Wrote this Book Issue #46

May 25, 2025 by Lindsay Zier-Vogel, Martha Bátiz, Saad Omar Khan and Christy Climenhage

Featuring Lindsay Zier-Vogel, Martha Bátiz, Saad Omar Khan, and Christy Climenhage

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags May, Why I Wrote This Book

“Why I Wrote this Book” AAPI Heritage Month Special Edition — Su Chang’s The Immortal Woman

May 11, 2025 by Su Chang

This essay was originally published on Our Patreon in February 2025. Here it is again for AAPI Heritage Month ❤️

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags AAPI Heritage Month, fiction, Why I Wrote This Book

Why I Wrote This Book Mental Health Awareness Month Special Edition: Myna Wallin Muses on Psychiatry Then and Now

May 3, 2025May 2, 2025 by Myna Wallin

This was originally published on our Patreon in October 2024. We’re re-sharing it here to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month, May 2025.

Categories Featured Posts, Why I Wrote This Book Tags Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Care, Poetry, Why I Wrote This Book

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