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.

• Toronto Reading Series: Exploring a Rich Ecosystem of Literary Performance

  By Jess Taylor | June 5, 2013

  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

  By The Puritan Editors | June 3, 2013

  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

  By E. Martin Nolan | May 31, 2013

  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

  By The Puritan Editors | May 27, 2013

  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

  By Phoebe Wang | May 25, 2013

  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

  By E. Martin Nolan | May 23, 2013

  On Rob Ford's crack video scandal, Alexandra Kimball, Gabe Foreman, Eminem and the source of Ford's irony

• Author Notes: Daniel Scott Tysdal

  By Daniel Scott Tysdal | May 22, 2013

  Recent Puritan author Daniel Scott Tysdal discusses his poem "Poem, Phone, Farm" from Issue XX: Winter 2013

• The Unseen Role of the Editor

  By Jessica Bebenek | May 21, 2013

  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

  By Patrick Roesle | May 17, 2013

  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

  By Phoebe Wang | May 14, 2013

  On CWILA, their numbers and how one writer answered the critical call

• Author Notes: Sandra Lloyd

  By Sandra Lloyd | May 11, 2013

  Recent Puritan author Sandra Lloyd discusses her poem "Inclined to Moon" from Issue XX: Winter 2013.

• The Puritan's Thomas Morton Memorial Prize Returns!

  By The Puritan Editors | May 9, 2013

  The Puritan announces the release Second Annual Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence, with increased cash prizes and a larger prize pack!