The year is slowly winding down, but there is still some #CanLit news to share. It’s the season of lists and year-in-review pieces and we’re loving the chance to say goodbye to 2016 once and ...
It was Midweek Madness these last few days in Canlit, with a number of launches and announcements all falling in the dippy middle parts of the week. 1. On Tuesday, Swimmers Group launched ‘S...
Tom, Jennifer, Maureen - THE PURITAN : This weeks #ThrowbackThursday is ‘Tom, Jennifer, Maureen’ by Victoria Hetherington in Issue 11: Summer/Fall 2010. A heaving, flowy story of love and j...
> “Désolé, désolé, we try. Our apologies are foghorns in the > great sea of social gatherings where we pass each other like tankers > gliding by the shore of an�...
ISSUE 35: Fall 2016 of The Puritan Literary Magazine : #ThrowbackThursday to our BRAND NEW ISSUE 35: FALL 2016, launched yesterday! If you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to visit our web...
1. Hazlitt published a terrific interview of Elena Ferrante by Sheila Heti earlier this week, where they talked about everything from ugly art to smoking. It’s a wonderfully insightful convers...
Three Poems - THE PURITAN : It’s a wet, cold Saturday in Toronto, but we’re curling up with these three poems from Jay MillAr to keep us warm.
1. A big congrats to Madeleine Thien, who won the Scotiabank Giller Prize (worth ten THOUSAND Canadian loonies) for her book ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’ this Monday at a starfil...
The Poem - THE PURITAN : Today’s #ThrowbackThursday is to Daniel Scott Tysdal’s enigmatic, unexpected story, ‘The Poem’. Featured in Issue 12 - Winter 2011, this winding, elusive story...
> “For 22 years, the Giller Prize jury has operated like a sort of > literary Fight Club, the first rule being you don’t talk about > being on the Giller Prize j...
Two Poems - THE PURITAN : This week’s #Throwback is Angela Hibb’s poems in Issue 8, “Movie of You” and “Bones.” “My opinions grow like onions, / are necessary to your perfor...
1. The winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards for 2016 were announced this week! Congratulation to Madeleine Thien for winning the GG award for fiction (English) for Do Not Say We Ha...
1. The 37th International Festival of Authors kicked off in Toronto this week, and will continue into next week, featuring readings, roundtables, discussions and signings, in the beautiful Harbo...
Animal Needs - THE PURITAN : This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is ‘Animal Needs’ by Arielle Bernstein, in which a granddaughter of refugees deals with the decline of her unfortunate cat, J...
> “I try to push myself to write through the self doubt, even if I > think I won’t be happy with that day’s results. I try to give > myself permission to writ...
Keep Building: Members Reflect on Toronto’s Literary Community - THE PURITAN : “As measured by its multitude of events, the Toronto literary scene is thriving, yet community participants re...
1. The Governor General’s 2016 Shortlist was released this week, and there are some great works being recognized! Check out the list and get excited for the #CanLit awards season! 2. Coach H...
Reading Aloud from a Textbook with Weak Illustrations - THE PURITAN : This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is Reading Aloud from a Textbook with Weak Illustrations by Aurora Stewart de Peña, from ...
It was a busy week for Canadian literature; here are some of the big moments of the week: 1) The 2016 Giller Prize shortlist was announced, with Mona Awad, Gary Barwin, Emma Donoghue, Madelein...
The Black Sands of Samyang - THE PURITAN : Our #ThrowbackThursday this week is Joel R. McConvey’s ‘The Black Sands of Samyang’ from Issue 12, Winter 2011. In this crunchy, energetic stor...