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.

• Prize Books for the Thomas Morton Prize (Now Extended to Oct. 10!)

  By The Puritan Editors | September 17, 2014

  Winners in the categories of fiction and poetry win $1000, publication, and 57 prize books each. Winners are chosen by Margaret Atwood and Zsuzsi Gartner.

• The White Hand That Feeds

  By André Forget | September 15, 2014

  Despite efforts of Mi`kmaq, Africadians and others, a conference attended by André Forget proves that power and privilege in the Arts remains in white hands

• Morissette: Broke and Precariously Housed

  By Jason Freure | September 9, 2014

  Jason Freure reviews Guillaume Morissette's New Tab (Vehicule Press), touching on irony, bohemianism & the Anglophone/Francophone divide in Montreal, Quebec

• “A Lotta Prada”

  By Tracy Kyncl | September 4, 2014

  rap wealth branding Kanye West Jay-Z consumerism Rap God Magna Carta Holy Grail Drake A$AP Rocky Dolce and Gabanna Prada 1% Mercedes

• Prose in Clothes

  By Gavin Tomson | September 1, 2014

  Fashion Tranzac Women in Clothes Cath Le Couteur Lisa Robertson Christin Clifford Chris Berube Emily Coyle Monica Heisey Shiela Heti Blue Rider Press

• The Myth of Multiculturalism

  By E Martin Nolan | August 30, 2014

  E Martin Nolan The Puritan Littered T.O. Amy Lavender Harris Multiculturalism Myth Toronto Imagining Toronto Tolerance New York Times Ethnic Buffet

• The Menace of Leisure

  By Domenica Martinello | August 28, 2014

  Shawn Micallef The Trouble with Brunch leisure middle class creative class Coach House Books The Puritan literary launch Richard Florida

• In Conversation with Dave Hurlow

  By Caryn Cathcart | August 25, 2014

  Dave Hurlow The Darcys Steel Bananas Hate Letters From Buddhists mythology Toronto Wimbledon Curran Folkers McEnroe Borg Tennis

• The King of Midtown

  By Jason Freure | August 17, 2014

  Russell Oliver Oliver Jewellery Cashman Mel Lastman Ed Mirvish Honst Eds Eglinton Ave Eglinton West Eglinton Avenue Rob Ford Jewellery

• The Forest for the Trees

  By Ryan Pratt | August 13, 2014

  landscape poetry Hamilton Tower Poetry Society Raymond Knister Sina Queyras avant-garde nature poetry nature poem landscape poem landscape poet nature poet

• Drake: The Master Marketer of Toronto

  By E Martin Nolan | August 7, 2014

  Drake Toronto K'Naan Kardinal Offishall Advertising Marketing Rapper Chicago New York City Oprah Al Capone Rob Ford Kanye West

• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

  By André Forget | August 3, 2014

  Editor André Forget discusses the genesis of his new online literary magazine, Whether, based out of Toronto, Winnipeg, and New York.