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.

• Understorey Magazine: The Women and Justice Issue

  By Understorey Magazine | November 2, 2016

  In their "Women and Justice Issue," Understorey Magazine has published Andrea Nicki, Rebecca Thomas, El Jones, Naomi Sears, and more

• Underpass Journal Open for Submission

  By Underpass Editors | November 2, 2016

  Underpass Journal is now open for submissions until November 30 for its special spring issue. Get your translations ready to submit.

• The Multilingual In-Between

  By Klara du Plessis | October 31, 2016

  Klara du Plessis concludes her month as guest editor and reflects on Rosi Braidotti's "Nomadic Subjects" and the identity of multilingual writers.

• Submit Your Best to The Woven Tale Press

  By Sandra Tyler | October 29, 2016

  Sandra Tyler, editor-in-chief at "The Woven Tale Press," explains her inspiration, her magazine, and her drive to get artists online

• Taking English for a Spin

  By Dominique Bernier-Cormier | October 28, 2016

  Dominique Bernier-Cormier on his complicated relationship with native French, Vladimir Nabokov, Jack Kerouac, and choosing to write in English.

• Stan Dragland's Art of Englishing

  By Guadalupe Muro | October 26, 2016

  Guadalupe Muro on writing "Air Carnation," working with Stan Dragland, finding her voice in a second language, and Marguerite Duras

• An Interview with Daphné B. and Marie Darsigny

  By Geneviève Robichaud | October 24, 2016

  Geneviève Robichaud in conversation with Daphné B and Marie Darsigny on writing across languages, renaming oneself, and including English in French texts

• English and Aboriginal Ethnic Identity

  By Kalina Newmark, James Stanford, and Nacole Walker | October 21, 2016

  Kalina Newmark, James Stanford and Nacole Walker on Aboriginal English, William Leap, the movie Smoke Signals, and language prejudice

• Encrypted Font

  By Jeramy Dodds | October 19, 2016

  Jeramy Dodds on font therapy in the scriptorium of Snorri Sturluson and the whisper writing of Mervyn Peake in a visual essay

• Sentencing Language: Afrikaans Part II

  By Klara du Plessis | October 17, 2016

  Klara du Plessis on the death of Afrikaans, the anglifying of post-Apartheid South Africa, and guilt over not writing in one's own first language

• In/different languages

  By Cia Rinne | October 14, 2016

  Cia Rinne discusses the politics of monolingualism, her own polyglot work, and the works of Tomomi Adachi, Henri Chopin, and Slavs and Tatars

• LINGUISTIC ALTER-EC(H)O

  By Oana Avasilichioaei | October 12, 2016

  Oana Avasilichioaei writes an experimental piece on the language ecosystem, Caroline Bergvall, Yasemin Yildiz, and Arran Stibbe