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articles)
2008
New!
First-time
poets in shock as the Canada Council for the Arts Announces Finalists
for the 2008 Governor General's Literary Awards
Fall
2008 Preview - Compiled by Katelynn Schoop
Toronto Small Press Book Fair - June 7,
2008
TDR’s Short Story Survey 2008: We asked you: "What was the
best short story collection published in Canada since 1980?" And
you responded. Let there be no
false suspense.
Blog, blog, blog:
Michael Bryson reports on the Writers' Union of Canada's 2008 AGM
rob mclennan rereads
Sheila Watson and Elizabeth Smart at the Garneau Pub, Edmonton
TDR: Toronto Spring Books 2008
YouTube Guide to Canadian
Literature 2008
Pilot Pocket Book's Rising Stock
by Nathaniel G. Moore
2007
Stocking Stuffers Made Of Canadian Magazines Smelling Like Oranges
by Nathaniel G. Moore
Montreal Fall Books
Spectacular 2007
by Nathaniel G. Moore, with files from Mary Williamson
Nine Days at the Ottawa International
Writers Festival 2007
by Amanda Earl
First-time Authors on Governor
General Awards 2007 Shortlist
by Nathaniel G. Moore
Grappling With Reality: Nathaniel G.
Moore discusses the Benoit murder-suicide with author Greg Oliver
Brooklyn and New York City Lit Scene Fall 2007 Highlights
by Janine Armin and Nathaniel G. Moore
Back
to School Reading for Fake Urban Guerillas
by Brian Joseph Davis
The
Rise of the Fall Preview 2007
by Nathaniel G. Moore
Report
from Book Expo 2007
by Janine Armin
Summerslam
2007: Canada's elite poets, writers and candlestick makers face,
drink and stage off in the literary event of the season in Toronto,
Canada.
Chuck
Palahniuk Migration Patterns in 21st Century Big Box Retail
by Nathaniel G. Moore
Extracting the Ego:
The Review as Symbiotic to the Text
by Aaron Tucker
On
(not) Being an Alberta Writer: or, anticipating UofA
by rob mclennan
Dean Serravalle on why English
teachers are to blame for kids hating literature
YouTube
Guide to Canadian Literature!
2006
New
York Independent and Small Press Book Fair 2006
by Janine Armin
Hosting
at the International Festival of Authors
by Ibi Kaslik
Three
Weeks with the Sheep: A Visit to the Klaustriđ Residence at Skriđuklaustur,
Iceland
by K.I. Press
Plains
Text: The Literary Scene in Winnipeg and Beyond
by A.J. Levin
Giller
Green Room, 2006 - In which four apparently bright readers engage
in vicious gossip about the country's favourite literary contest
From
Poet to Creativity Consultant: On Becoming a Wholistic Enabler
by Catherine Graham
Scotiabank
Giller Prize: 2006 Shortlist announced
Reading
and Ranking: Reflections on The New York Times "Best Novel List:
1980-2005"
by Michael Bryson
My love
affair with DH Lawrence
by Alexandra Leggat
St.
Petersburg, Russia: June 2006
by Amy Reiswig
Top Pages on TDR
(The stats are in) [Nov 2006]
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Old and Worn (In
case you missed it)
Dani Couture
visits ... poetryreviews.ca
The online guide to
writing in Canada
Literary Press Group
Metcalf: A Counterblaste (or Italics Everywhere: A Cautionary Tale)
by Gordon Phinn
Space
for Creating
by Susan Ioannou
The
‘Two Solitudes’ Illusion: Reflections on the role of Toronto
in the nation's literary culture
by Shane Neilson
Public
Hanging: The Death of the Book Review
by Shane Neilson
Micro
press generalizations: US and Them
by Matthew Firth
The
Short Story 101: 27
writers tell TDR what short stories they would make the world
read, given the chance
Critics
in Disarray: On Don Quixote
by Douglas Glover
FICTION SITED: A Look at Fiction
Online
by Corin Cummings
Where
are the short story collections? TDR investigates
How
to write sex fiction (not erotica)
by Matthew Firth
The lowdown on the loser class - Jason Camlot on Jon Paul Fiorentino's
The Theory of the Loser Class
The Griffin 2006 - Short-lists
- Coach House Wins!
Poetry
For Dummies: A Reference for the Rest of Us
by Shane Neilson
Lobsters
and Threadworms: Canadian Poetry in the Undertow
by J. Mark Smith
Poetry
Readings - Stand Up and be Counted
by Tom Henihan
Comfort and
Canadian Poetry
by
Alex Boyd
Whither People’s
Poetry? A report on the Controversy of Poets at the Junction
Cafe (Hamilton, Ontario - June 1, 2002)
by Terry Barker
Beyond Bethune: Thomas D’Arcy
McGee’s Recovery of the Trail to the True North
by Terry Barker
Solway
the Sad Balladeer: an open letter to the (Unofficial) Laureate of
‘This Sucks’
by Shane
Neilson
Against
a League of Cowering Persons: Biased Gender Jurisprudence in the
League of Canadian Poets
by Shane Neilson
Political
Poetry and the Canadian Tradition
by Shane Neilson
May 2006 marked the ten year
anniversary for Montreal’s Conundrum Press. To mark this
anniversary, the press released the PORTABLE CONUNDRUM. Read
the introduction by editor and publisher Andy Brown
No
more prizes, no more contests! by
Matthew Firth
TOP 10
CANADIAN SF&F WRITERS
Selected
by Terence M. Green
THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT WORKS by First Nations Authors (So Far)
According to Richard Van Camp
FAVORITE BOOKS:
A dozen Montreal
high school students reveal what and why
Teaching
Canadian literature: In April 2002, the Canada
Council published a report on the state of
English-language Canadian literature in high schools. The
results were not encouraging. Read
responses to this report
Remembering Hubert Selby Jr.
by Matthew Firth
An
Approach to the Work of Ted Plantos
by Terry Barker
Writers
tell TDR what they find grand or ghastly about the work of
Mordecai Richler
Terry Barker
talks to James Deahl about Al Purdy: Canada's 'Voice of the Land'
Editorials & Misc.
Comment
by Michael
Bryson
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Blog, blog, blog: A report on the Writers' Union of Canada's 2008 AGM
(May 25, 2008)
Reading
and Ranking: Reflections on The New York Times "Best Novel List:
1980-2005"
(September 2006)
Leonard
Cohen & Anjani Thomas
(May 2006)
Commentary
& Response on
"What Makes A
Short Story" [with Harold Hoefle]
(January 2006)
What
Makes A Short Story
(January 2006)
"The Short Story in Canada" – The top 20 links returned by Google
(December 2005)
Short
Fiction in Canada, 2004/05: The State of the Nation
(May 2005)
Publishing:
What the &%!@ is going on?
(April 2005)
Goodbye
Saul Bellow
(April 2005)
The
Fiction of Douglas Glover: An Essay in Three Parts
(December
2004, February 2005, June 2005)
Update
to 1984 essay
(November 2004)
TDR:
Five Long Years
(September 2004)
Mea
Culpa II: Free Speech, Editorial Practice &
Poets Fighting
(June 2004)
Canada
is a huge nature reserve, UK headlines insist
(April 2004)
When
life gives you lemons, listen to Mary Prankster
(April 2004)
Let's
talk, eh? A contemporary response to Orwell's 1984
(January 2004)
Mea
Culpa: I review books
(November 2003)
Canadian
Writers Beg for Your Support
(December 2001)
The
Death of the (Canadian) Novel
(January 2001)
Educating
the Clients - Readers
(March 2000)
On
Becoming an Editor - An Act of Betrayal?
(December 1999) |
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