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.

• BC Publishing Focus: Sheryda Warrener

  By Spencer Williams | April 4, 2016

  Spencer Williams of Talonbooks interviews BC Poet Sheryda Warrener, author of Floating is Everything, about favourite poems and forms.

• French-Fried Jellyfish

  By Lorne Roberts | April 1, 2016

  Lorne Roberts on the past, present, and future of food, citing Jamie Oliver, Cicero, and Marshall Mcluhan.

• Musings on CanLit Cooking

  By Alexia Moyer | March 30, 2016

  Alexia Moyer on cooking in Canadian Literature, citing Michael Ondaatje, LM Montgomery, and Margaret Atwood.

• “How Good to Eat”: The Epilogue as Course

  By Geneviève Robichaud | March 28, 2016

  Genevieve Robichaud on exits and closure, citing Fernando Pessoa, Avital Ronell, and Virginia Woolf.

• Small Secrets: On Clandestine Hospitality

  By Jordan Crosthwaite | March 25, 2016

  Jordan Crosthwaite talks Nordic hospitality, serving friends in secret, and natural wine, citing Jonah Campbell.

• Partaking of the One Bread

  By Shannon Tien | March 23, 2016

  Shannon Tien remembers her First Communion, her grandmother's recipes, and writes about her blog, You Can Eat Now, citing Laura Wright's The First Mess.

• Still Life over Still Water

  By Geneviève Robichaud | March 21, 2016

  Geneviève Robichaud talks crabmeat-stuffed avocados, food combinations, and cites Shakespeare.

• Cooking with the Witch

  By Mira C Lambert | March 18, 2016

  Mira C Lambert explores her favourite fairy tales, including the classics Snow White and Jack and the Beanstalk, and the contemporary "The Red Shoes."

• Taking Liberties: A Story of the Twenty-Tens

  By Samara Grace Chadwick | March 16, 2016

  Samara Grace Chadwick paints a picture of a modern couple living in Liberty Village, Toronto, citing Piketty's Capital and the Toronto Central Prison.

• The Baloney Club

  By Geneviéve Robichaud | March 14, 2016

  Geneviève Robichaud shares a sandwich recipe from her baloney club in New Brunswick, spurred on by a food horoscope by Meredith Graves at Lucky Peach.

• Try Not to Puke

  By Jocelyn Parr | March 11, 2016

  Jocelyn Parr explores the controversy surrounding Dominic Gagnon's film of the North and Zach Wells' poem "Citric Bitch."

• Notes on the Narco-Imaginary

  By Ramsey Scott | March 9, 2016

  Ramsey Scott shares a chapter from his forthcoming book The Narco-Imaginary (Essays Under the Influence) (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2016).