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.
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Author Notes: Paul Carlucci Talks Insiders and Outsiders
Paul Carlucci argues that regionalism and inter-cultural tensions could be solved by sitting down to eat together and yelling a little at each other. -
Author Notes: Snow Queens, Pizzlies, and the Canadian Arctic
gillian harding-russel discusses her poem in Issue 27, the Arctic, the Franklin Expedition, John Hartnell’s frozen corpse, and growing up in Québec. -
The Island That Lost The Peace: A Review of Michael Winter’s Into the Blizzard
David Hurlow follows Tommy Ricketts and the Blue Puttees in Michael Winter’s war travelogue, Into the Blizzard. -
BLACK FRIDAY: A Year in Review on Nov. 28
Jonathan Bennett, Jowita Bydlowska, Helen Guri, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Shawn Micallef, Stevie Howell, Daniel Scott Tysdal, and more read at BLACK FRIDAY. -
Debunkering the Fortress of Solitude: Against Writing Alone
Julienne Isaacs deconstructs Thoreau’s Fortress of Solitude, citing Molly Peacock, Lev Grossman, and Joyce Carol Oates. -
Indie Literary Market: The Best in Small Press
The Indie Literary Market curated by Meet the Presses brings the best of small press from Apt. 9, Coach House Books, Wolsak and Wynn, BookThug, and more. -
Play Chess, Write a Poem: Introducing the ChessBard
E Martin Nolan introduces Jody Miller and Aaron Tucker's ChessBard, the poetic cousin to John Cage and Marcel Duchamp’s famous Reunion composition. -
“Vibrantly Different Everywhere”: Matthew R. Loney on the Western Traveller
E Martin Nolan asks Matthew R. Loney about the traveller-adventurer, disaster tourism, and how to write despite the burden of theory. -
A Warning to Toronto Writers: Networks Don’t Make Literature
Julienne Isaacs talks with Joan Thomas about Canadian writers and their obsessions with location, networks, and prize juries. -
“Goblin Lovers and Failures”: A Review of Bourbon & Eventide by Mike Spry
Jason Freure reviews Bourbon & Eventide, the second poetry collection from Concordia instructor Mike Spry. -
The Town Crier Presents: Naben Ruthnum’s “Doctor Burke and Family”
Naben Ruthnum’s “Doctor Burke and Family” is a story of ghosts, blood, and hysteria set in Toronto's Parkdale at the turn of the 19th century. -
“Get Excited!”: A Conversation with Charles Yao of Little Brother
Gavin Tomson interviews Charles Yao of Little Brother about the magazine, CanLit, Kelli Korducki, Jeet Heer, Andrew Kaufman, Jess Taylor, and excitement.
