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 New Irish Diaspora Poets

  By Ailbhe Darcy | August 7, 2015

  Ailbhe Darcy on Irish poets Eoghan Walls, Miriam Gamble, and Dylan Brennan, part of the New Irish Diaspora.

• Mary Costello on Alice Munro

  By Mary Costello | August 5, 2015

  Mary Costello on Juliet from Runaway by Alice Munro, with an introduction by Aoife Walsh comparing the works of Costello and Munro.

• Irish Literature Month at The Town Crier

  By Aoife Walsh | August 3, 2015

  Aoife Walsh introduces Irish Literature Month at the Town Crier, discusses Anne Enright, Samuel Beckett, Colm Tóibín, Claire Kilroy, and other luminaries

• Feeling Postmodern, Failing Postmodern

  By John Nyman | July 27, 2015

  John Nyman discusses postmodernism theory, ’80s youth culture in Toronto, dismantling the lyric 'I,' and today’s left in Nixon’s The Fissures of Our Throats

• Interview with Alana Wilcox of Coach House Books

  By Jasmine Gui | July 23, 2015

  Alana Wilcox of Coach House and Jasmine Gui discuss the indie bounceback, Amazon's blunder in a gentleman's game, and compromising design in digital formats

• The Puritan Authors Omnibus Interview

  By The Puritan Editorial Staff | July 20, 2015

  Ben Ladouceur, Jon Chan Simpson, Helen Guri, Andrew Forbes, and Jimmy McInnes answer questions from The Puritan Editorial Staff on their latest works

• On the Magdalen Islands

  By André Forget | July 16, 2015

  André Forget on the Magdalen Islands, Alistair MacLeod, Peter May, Lisa Moore, the Burning Rock Collective, and cosmopolitanism in Cap-Aux-Meules

• Scarberia on the Toronto Poetry Map

  By Jason Freure | July 13, 2015

  Jason Freure on the Toronto Poetry Map, George Elliott Clarke’s project as poet laureate, and poems about Scarborough from Avison, Paina, Lorimer, and Lista

• Author Notes: Carolyn Nakagawa

  By Carolyn Nakagawa | July 6, 2015

  Carolyn Nakagawa on nocturnal bus rides, passing by Safeway, and choosing the person she is without even changing her bus schedule

• In Defense of Literary Contests

  By Daniel Scott Tysdal | July 2, 2015

  Daniel Scott Tysdal on the joy, thrill, and struggle of literary prizes, especially the Fourth Annual Thomas Morton Memorial Prize for Literary Excellence

• An Asian Experience of the Toronto Literary Scene

  By Jasmine Gui | June 29, 2015

  Jasmine Gui discusses the cultural gaps between Asian-Torontonians and the Toronto literary scene, readings from Damian Rogers, Adebe DeRango-Adem, and more

• Author Notes: Laurie D Graham

  By Laurie D Graham | June 26, 2015

  Laurie D Graham on words from Margaret Atwood, winning Thomas Morton, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and bearing witness in Canada