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Category: Interviews

Iron Dog Books: A Permanent Parking Spot for a Mobile Book Community

Iron Dog Books: A Permanent Parking Spot for...

February 28, 2020

This past December, the brick-and-mortar location of Iron Dog Books opened for business. We caught up with Hilary to visit the space and hear about this new chapter.Go to full post …read more

People Among the People: An Interview with Robert D. Watt

People Among the People: An Interview with R...

January 17, 2020

Through interviews and archival access, Robert D. Watt gathers the story of each piece, often in Point’s own words, to illustrate the vital role she has played in revealing and re-establishing the “Salish footprint” in the Pacific Northwest. Go to full post …read more

At Home with the Darkness: An Interview with Adèle Barclay

At Home with the Darkness: An Interview with...

November 14, 2019

“Maybe the despair is countered with humour, or joy. I think that for me is closer to the experience of things.”Go to full post …read more

Love is not all: An interview with Ruth Daniell

Love is not all: An interview with Ruth Dani...

April 30, 2019

Like some of the fairy tale tellers before me, I’m looking to see what is hidden in the stories that I can bring out and offer in our present moment.Go to full post …read more

Getting closer to the truth: An interview with Jennica Harper

Getting closer to the truth: An interview wi...

April 25, 2019

“Bounce House began contemplating the connection between my kid standing on a basketball, not believing she was going to fall off it, and Flat Earthers.”Go to full post …read more

Therapy for me and an education for others: An interview with Cassandra Blanchard

Therapy for me and an education for others: ...

April 23, 2019

“I have always been drawn to prose poems that channel a stream-of-consciousness. I love how it feels like you’re peeking into the mind of the poet or writer.”Go to full post …read more

Place and poetics are inextricable from each other: Sarah de Leeuw on her latest poetry collection

Place and poetics are inextricable from each...

April 22, 2019

“I believe the sciences and the arts must work together, speak to each other. I hope my poems are literal representation of that belief.”Go to full post …read more

Near misses happen all the time: Laura Matwichuk on her debut poetry collection

Near misses happen all the time: Laura Matwi...

April 19, 2019

“Pretending everything is fine is a necessary but often detrimental part of what it means to be human.”Go to full post …read more

A big work presented to all: An interview with George Bowering and George Stanley (Part 2)

A big work presented to all: An interview wi...

April 18, 2019

“To me there are three essential factors of modern writing: one is ordinary language, one is free-form, and one is precise states of emotion”Go to full post …read more

A big work presented to all: An interview with George Bowering and George Stanley (Part 1)

A big work presented to all: An interview wi...

April 16, 2019

Some End/West Broadway is itself a kind of poetry commune: two books, one by George and the other by George, brought together back-to-back as one creature.Go to full post …read more

Looking at the consciousness of people: An interview with Garry Gottfriedson

Looking at the consciousness of people: An i...

April 11, 2019

“I don’t want to put guilt on readers. I do, however, want them to step into my world for a moment and see things from my perspective.”Go to full post …read more

The mystery of where you come from: An interview with Russell Thornton

The mystery of where you come from: An inter...

April 9, 2019

“The source of the deepest dreams and the most intense wanderlust is, for me the place beneath my feet.”Go to full post …read more


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