The Town Crier

The Town Crier operated as a hub for criticism and commentary, connecting a community of writers, readers, and commentators through social media, and focusing on the interplay of literary opinion in and around the city of Toronto until its closure in February 2021.

• The Sometimes-Uncomfortable Hunger of the Storyteller // Jessica Moore

  By moorehype | November 2, 2020

  "Writing 'The Whole Singing Ocean' was like plunging into a great and sometimes awful unknown," says Jessica Moore. The moorehype team interviews her here.

• Review: The Gospel of Breaking by Jillian Christmas // Margaryta Golovchenko

  By Margaryta Golovchenko | October 26, 2020

  Margaryta Golovchenko reviews Jillian Christmas' The Gospel of Breaking, published in 2020 by Arsenal Pulp Press.

• Stephanie Chang’s Night Market in Technicolor // Alycia Pirmohamed

  By Alycia Pirmohamed | October 19, 2020

  Alycia Pirmohamed reviews Stephanie Chang's Night Market in Technicolor, a microchap book published by Ghost City Press in August 2020.

• Author Note: Zefyr Lisowski

  By Zefyr Lisowski | October 5, 2020

  As part of our ongoing Author Note series, Zefyr Lisowski shares the inspiration behind her poems which appeared in The Puritan Issue 50: Summer 2020.

• Interview with Tanja Bartel // Charlotte Simmons

  By Charlotte Simmons | September 28, 2020

  Charlotte Simmons interviews Tanja Bartel, author of the poetry collection "Everyone at This Party." The interview is followed by the titular poem.

• blueberries (2) // emilie kneifel

  By emilie kneifel | September 22, 2020

  A new column of micro-reviews: a scribble-column about how words taste. like blurbs, sure, but bluer. by poet and critic emilie kneifel.

• Review: Two New Chapbooks from Publication Studio Guelph // Jeremy Luke Hill

  By Jeremy Luke Hill | September 14, 2020

  Jeremy Luke Hill writes about Publication Studio Guelph two newest poetry chapbooks by Lisa Hirmer and Taqralik Partridge.

• Review of Double Self-Portrait by James Lindsay // Margaryta Golovchenko

  By Margaryta Golovchenko | August 17, 2020

  Margaryta Golovchenko reviews James Lindsay's poetry collection "Double Self-Portrait," published last week by Wolsak & Wynn Publishers.

• Excerpt from Kinmount // Rod Carley

  By Rod Carley | August 10, 2020

  This is an excerpt of Kinmount by Rod Carley, out in September 2020 (Latitude 46 Publishing), presented in partnership with moorehype.

• blueberries // emilie kneifel

  By emilie kneifel | August 3, 2020

  A new column of micro-reviews: a scribble-column about how words taste. like blurbs, sure, but bluer. by poet and critic emilie kneifel.

• The Malevolent Volume by Justin Phillip Reed // Margaryta Golovchenko

  By Margaryta Golovchenko | July 23, 2020

  Margaryta Golovchenko reviews Justin Phillip Reed’s new collection 'The Malevolent Volume' which asks: who gets to tell stories?

• Making Peace and Progress During The Pandemic // Sheilah Madonna M. Salvador

  By Sheilah Madonna M. Salvador | July 20, 2020

  Sheilah Madonna M. Salvador writes about coping mechanisms and rediscovering her creativity during the COVID-19 pandemic.