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.

• Social Justice through Autobio Comics

  By Sandra Cox | February 8, 2016

  Sandra Cox talks comics as autography, citing Alison Bechdel, Art Speigelman, and Marjane Satrapi.

• Outside the Trauma

  By Julienne Isaacs | February 5, 2016

  Julienne Isaacs speaks to author Patti LaBoucane-Benson and artist Kelly Mellings about their graphic novel, The Outside Circle

• Water’s Visual Potency

  By Ray McClaughlin | February 3, 2016

  Ray McClaughlin explores water in Rita Wong and Cindy Mochizuki's collection, perpetual, published by Nightwood Editions.

• BC Publishers Spotlight: Talonbooks

  By Nathaniel G. Moore | February 2, 2016

  Nathaniel G. Moore talks to Garry Thomas Morse about Talonbooks, "wrecklogues," and his collection, Prairie Harbour.

• Picking Sides in Comics: If Comics Are Literature, Why Don't I Feel like a Writer?

  By Laura Kenins | February 1, 2016

  Laura Kenins talks comics and genre, citing Alison Bechdel, Michael DeForge, Jesse Jacobs, and Basquiat.

• Several Fires

  By JM Francheteau | January 27, 2016

  JM Francheteau on his experience on the Worst Case Ontario tour, cites David McGimpsey, Steve Roggenbuck, and Mary Ruefle.

• Never Give Up the Ghost

  By JC Bouchard | January 25, 2016

  JC Bouchard on embracing our origins, and the Worst Case Ontario tour with Julie Mannell, dalton derkson, Jessica Bebenek, and JM Francheteau.

• Jesus and the Cats

  By Melissa Bull | January 20, 2016

  Melissa Bull recalls her parents' Montreal homes, an imaginary ET in her closet, meeting Jesus, and a room full of cats.

• —THE INCUBUS & THE METER MAID—

  By Ali Pinkney | January 18, 2016

  Ali Pinkney talks sibling tension, Incubus as an educational band, David Usher, and Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle.

• Looking Elsewhere

  By Rudrapriya Rathore | January 15, 2016

  Rudrapriya Rathore finds kinship with Salman Rushdie, reflecting on a youth spent reading Roald Dahl, Beverly Cleary, and Jacqueline Wilson.

• An Interview with Poet Eric Schmaltz

  By Julie Mannell | January 13, 2016

  Eric Schmaltz talks to Julie Mannell about riding the bus together (with Joele Walinga) and small town art, citing Peter Guzda and music group RCHC.

• Chris Reads Green Gables

  By Chris Bailey | January 11, 2016

  Chris Bailey discusses reading Anne of Green Gables, citing Lord of the Rings, Hemingway, and Morley Callaghan.