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.

• Zygmunt Bauman Answers a Generation of Uncertainty

  By E Martin Nolan | May 14, 2014

  E Martin Nolan responds to Tracy Kyncl's “Why I Like Miley Cyrus”, discussing Zygmunt Bauman on new generations of uncertainty

• This Program Contains Graphic Content

  By Kris Bone | May 12, 2014

  Kris Bone talks about graphic fiction, evolution of literature, and Descant's 164'th issue.

• Hamilton Transition Seen at gritLIT

  By Ryan Pratt | May 11, 2014

  Ryan Pratt on Hamilton gritLIT writers transition at All About the Hammer poetry

• Why I Like Miley Cyrus

  By Tracy Kyncl | May 7, 2014

  Miley Cyrus Education Empower Youth in the Arts Masters Degree Generation Stewart Cole Noam Chomsky's

• Multicultural Diversity in Children’s Literature

  By Nicole R. Grimaldi | May 5, 2014

  Puritan Publicity Agent Nicole R. Grimaldi examines Dalton Higgins's take on Multicutural Diversity in Children’s Literature compares to Toronto Presses.

• Book City Annex Closes

  By Jason Freure | May 4, 2014

  Book City Toronto Annex John Lorinc Bathurst Bloor Harbord Literary Community Coach House Books bpNichol Dennis Lee B.street condominiums

• “You Need To Take Everyone In”:

  By Jess Taylor | April 28, 2014

  Author Alexandra Oliver Discusses Finding Community as a Canadian in Glasgow with Town Crier Correspondent Jess Taylor

• The Crier Presents: The Writing Moment

  By Daniel Scott Tydsal | April 26, 2014

  The Third Instalment of Daniel Scott Tysdal's new writing contest. This edition takes poetry to the intoxicating delirium of Las Vegas.

• Poetry, Prose, & Taking It Shift by Shift

  By E Martin Nolan | April 23, 2014

  Past Puritan contributors Chris Hutchinson, Peter Norman, Suzannah Showler, & Mike Spry Talk Poetry & Prose with The Puritan's E Martin Nolan

• Ready to Launch: Buckrider Books

  By Kris Bone | April 21, 2014

  Buckrider Books (W&W) launches David Brock's Everything is C02, D.D. Miller's David Foster Wallace Ruined My Suicide, & Erina Harris's The Stag Head Spoke

• Author Notes: Sonia Di Placido

  By Sonia Di Placido | April 18, 2014

  Sonia Di Placido discusses her recent Puritan poem, “Hands—On World” in the Town Crier's ongoing Author Notes series.

• “To Me, All Poetry is Political”:

  By Tracy Kyncl | April 16, 2014

  Bänoo Zan discusses the role of politics in poetry and Toronto with Tracy Kyncl.