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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Toronto Reading Series: Exploring a Rich Ecosystem of Literary Performance
Introducing a series on Toronto reading series, to be followed by profiles of readings and their hosts, as well some closer looks at the reading as a genre -
The Odourless Press Spring Launch
A run down of the Odourless Spring Launch and its up and coming poets. -
As It is in Its Reviews: Anne Carson’s Red Doc>, Pt. 2
On Anne Carson, Red Doc>, Michael Lista's review and the very real question: is this a book of poetry. -
Laura Clarke and Suzannah Showler up for the 2013 Bronwen Wallace Award
On the Writers' Trust of Canada's 2013 Bronwen Wallace Award -
Beth Follett on Jan Zwicky's The Book of Frog: A Way of Discussing the World
An interview with Beth Follett, editor publisher of Pedlar Press, on Jan Zwicky's The Book of Frog -
Rob Ford is the Real Slim Shady
On Rob Ford's crack video scandal, Alexandra Kimball, Gabe Foreman, Eminem and the source of Ford's irony -
Author Notes: Daniel Scott Tysdal
Recent Puritan author Daniel Scott Tysdal discusses his poem "Poem, Phone, Farm" from Issue XX: Winter 2013 -
The Unseen Role of the Editor
Bebenek tackles the unseen role of the editor and the collaborative nature of authorship. What do editors and truck drivers have in common? -
Author Notes: Patrick Roesle
Recent Puritan author Patrick Roesle discusses H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu, and his horrific short story "How You Sleep at Night" from Issue XX: Winter 2013 -
CWILA Counts in More Ways than One
On CWILA, their numbers and how one writer answered the critical call -
Author Notes: Sandra Lloyd
Recent Puritan author Sandra Lloyd discusses her poem "Inclined to Moon" from Issue XX: Winter 2013. -
The Puritan's Thomas Morton Memorial Prize Returns!
The Puritan announces the release Second Annual Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence, with increased cash prizes and a larger prize pack!