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.

• Author Notes: Aaron Tucker

  By Aaron Tucker | August 15, 2013

  Recent contributor Aaron Tucker discusses pools, oceans, Moby Dick, evolution, Commodore 64s, and his poems from Issue XXI: Spring 2013 of The Puritan.

• Canadian Summer Reading: A List

  By Jason Freure | August 14, 2013

  Jason Freure recommends some Canadian summer reading for the literary voyeur, profiling The Politics of Knives, The Lower Provinces, and Full Frontal T.O.

• First Week on the Job: What Small and Large Scale Literary Events Have to Offer

  By Tracy Kyncl | August 12, 2013

  First Week on the Job: Publicity Agent Tracy Kyncl reports on two literary events from last week in Toronto as Part One of an ongoing series of dispatches.

• Author Notes: Stephen Brockwell

  By Stephen Brockwell | August 9, 2013

  Stephen Brockwell discusses his recent poem "Standard Poodle" from Issue XXI: Spring 2013 of The Puritan.

• In Praise of the Blatantly Poetic—P.P.S: Do You Copy?

  By E. Martin Nolan | August 8, 2013

  On P.P.S: Do You Copy?, and how Margaret Christakos makes the supposed argument between the experimental and lyric seem stupid.

• Author Notes: Catherine Graham

  By Catherine Graham | August 6, 2013

  Recent Puritan contributor Catherine Graham discusses Dorothy Molloy, PK Page, and her poetry from Issue XXI: Spring 2013 of The Puritan.

• Author Notes: Eric Lloyd Blix

  By Eric Lloyd Blix | August 3, 2013

  Eric Lloyd Blix discusses his Puritan story, “Project Ω”, Tweets, Jean Baudrillard, Flannery O'Connor and more.

• Author Notes: Camille Martin

  By Camille Martin | July 30, 2013

  Recent Puritan contributor Camille Martin discusses the influence of Anselm Hollo on her poetry, featured in Issue XXI: Spring 2013 of The Puritan.

• Author Notes: Kevin Hardcastle

  By Kevin Hardcastle | July 28, 2013

  Puritan contributor Kevin Hardcastle sits down with the Town Crier to answer a few questions about his story "Bandits" from Issue XXI: Spring 2013.

• The Ruckus Reading Series Brings the Noise to the Danforth

  By E. Martin Nolan | July 25, 2013

  On the Ruckus Reading Series at the Only Cafe, in the Danforth.

• “It's Something You Really Need to See for Yourself:” Alicia Louise Merchant of Write Club and Raconteurs

  By Jess Taylor | July 24, 2013

  Toronto's Alicia Louise Merchant discusses her reading series Write Club and Raconteurs. The second in a series by Jess Taylor.

• “There Was a Void of Good, Long Form Sports Writing:” Questions for Mike Spry of The Barnstormer

  By E. Martin Nolan | July 23, 2013

  Questions for Mike Spry, of the Barnstormer, concerning sports poems, essays and fiction, Grantland, and more.