Category: Interviews

“The process of writing How She Read got me thinking about how I learned to read, so I started at the beginning.”Go to full post …read more

“I think part of writing is knowing what you want your work to do, and for me, a part of that is I want it to entertain.” Go to full post …read more

“If it were me, I’d have joined them … I’d have been perfect for it. I’d have walked out of my life and disappeared.”Go to full post …read more

Book lovers rejoice! This summer, Kelowna will be the home to Once Upon a Bookstore.Go to full post …read more

The short story form is unambiguously un–dead in Tim Conley’s new collection of 30 fictions.Go to full post …read more

“As a reader, short stories felt safe. As a writer, I learned that it’s a lot more intricate and complicated than it seems.”Go to full post …read more

“This debate about character likeability in fiction erupts every few years and is frequently extremely gendered,” says Catriona Wright. Go to full post …read more

“One of the joys of this book is experiencing how the lives and perspectives of the poets intertwine and complement one another, not just in individual conversations but across them.”Go to full post …read more

“Cannabis isn’t scary! It’s a powerful plant with a purpose.”Go to full post …read more

“I’m excited for people to take a look at PEI in a way that’s free of Green Gables and isn’t really idyllic.”Go to full post …read more

What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory? Go to full post …read more

Reminiscing, Susan Crean writes, “I grew up in Mr. Wong’s kitchen …” Her memoir, Finding Mr. Wong (Talonbooks), chronicles her effort to piece together the life of the man she knew as Mr. Wong—cook and housekeeper to her Irish Canadian family Go to full post …read more