by PDR-Kellie | Apr 28, 2016 | Books, CanLit Collections, Creativity, Guest Posts, Mixed Tape, Nova Scotia, Process, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
Christy Ann Conlin’s brand new book The Memento “wields a strange power and force, both psychological and emotional” writes Robert Wiersema in The Toronto Star. Here, she shares the music and artifacts that helped breathed life into this...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 8, 2015 | Books, Fiction, Firelight Interview Series, Manitoba, Nature, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
I first encountered Donna Besel in Flin Flon, Manitoba. She was up north with a couple other writers giving readings, and I remember how she spoke of her growing understanding of her work being rooted in the boreal forest landscape. Since I’d started writing my...
by PDR-Kellie | Oct 1, 2015 | Events, Music, Novel, Ontario, Recommended, Swarm, Travel, Writing Life
You have to hear this song. I mean, really. Really. Take a minute out of your busy life, click play, and listen. Because it’s so good. [youtube width=”430″ height=”325″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA1J0JMRAQk[/youtube] I had tears in my...
by PDR-Kellie | Sep 17, 2015 | Books, Contemplations, Giveaways, Guest Posts, Nature, Novel, outdoors, Prizes, Process, Recommended, United States, Writers, Writing Life
In Calgary, this past spring, I had the real pleasure of reading Leo Brent Robillard’s fourth novel, The Road to Atlantis. The publisher had asked me to blurb it, which means to give it a tidbit of praise they can use on the cover, and I’m usually careful...
by PDR-Kellie | Mar 5, 2015 | Books, Firelight Interview Series, Ontario, Recommended, Writers, Writing Life
Catherine Bush makes me think. I first met her during my time in the Creative Writing MFA program at the University of Guelph and, like the best writers and teachers, she offered questions to inspire deep consideration of the practice of writing and the writing life....
by PDR-Kellie | Feb 26, 2015 | Books, Contemplations, News, Publishing, Recommended, Short Stories, Writers, Writing Life
At the beginning of this year, I had a transcendent experience. Dark night, reading into it, I finished The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri and rolled over in bed, my arm around the book, holding it close. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt such a strong connection to a...
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