Origin Story: George Elliott Clarke (Part I of 2)
by“That summer — 1975 — I started to write songs. I wrote four songs a day and I did that for two or three years.”
Columns
Author to Author: Lisa Moore Interviews Donna Morrissey
byJaysus, Lisa, your questions read like poems … my who? Painter-twin?? Ahem, of course, oh yes, absolutely, William Turner! (Quickly googling here) … Ah! Yes, yes, The Painter of Light … light is everything, everywhere, even in our brightest hour we are grovelling for the light…
We Are All Treaty People
byConfronting political indifference, the Mi’kmaq and some of their allies have turned to the courts to affirm Mi’kmaw treaties as a path to a better future based on their understandings of them and of the oral traditions that provide valid evidence in court proceedings. However, little is known about First Nations peoples’ lives under treaties, or about the changing perceptions of the courts and of Canadians, whether Indigenous or not, to the treaties.
Michael de Adder on Kate Beaton’s Golden Pencil
byIt seems like everything Beaton’s pencil touches turns to gold, which is apt, because her second children’s book is called King Baby. King Baby, like Princess and the Pony, is as entertaining for parents as it is for children. King Baby is about a newborn baby and illustrates how first-borns rule their parents with absolute power.
Why We Need Women’s Stories…
byWomen hold three percent of decision-making positions in media management, and only twenty percent of news articles are about women and their experiences.
Noah Richler on Political Branding, Provincialism and White Male Candidates
by“As voters we are behaving more and more like our neighbours to the South, with their presidential system, and we vote for one leader or the other.”
Why We Need Criticism
bySurely fiction writers owe more to our hardworking fellow writers than silence, a Facebook like or ephemeral blog posts and blurbs.