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The Big Melt reviewed by Susan Haley
You’d think it was akin to publishing launch codes by the way this affair has been handled, but a few people really didn’t want you to read this review. In the end, as many suspected, it was not a racist rant that somehow snuck on to the pages of The Fiddlehead. The crime, if there was one, was a review that wasn’t 100% favourable and supportive of Emily Riddle’s work. You’ll probably never hear about one inexplicably powerful person who decided to smash up this small corner of CanLit, with [...]
The Wall
I am shocked to be published in 2023. Between 1992 and 2012, I published somewhere between two and four works [...]
A conversation about conversation
If conversation is the foundation of social interaction, why is it often frustrating and unsatisfying? For the amount of time [...]
Cut Road by Brent van Staalduinen
Here's another in a series of posts highlighting former Media Whore guests with recently published books. Previous interviews with Brent [...]
Hunger Moon by Traci Skuce
How do you launch a book into a pandemic? Um, differently? Traci's book came out within a week of mine, [...]
Music from a Strange Planet by Barbara Black
The past few years have been good to former guests of Media Whore. Maybe I should congratulate myself for great [...]
Jennifer Zilm, for all your bibliomancy needs
Here's the serious, professional bio from an interview on Event's website: Vancouver-based Jennifer Zilm received a B.A. and an M.A. [...]
Working Seven-to-Five with Michael Meagher
Photo credit: Chiara Falangola Michael Meagher was born and raised in Ottawa, then spent most of his twenties [...]
Exploring shark love with Tessa Yang
Photo credit: Danielle Hernandez Tessa Yang’s fiction has appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Foglifter, Joyland, and elsewhere. Her [...]
The Wife
A writer's wife or husband can see their writer struggle, but they might not know how to help. If you're [...]
Brent van Staalduinen finds grace and beauty in trying times
Credit: Helen Tamsey, Sundari Photography Brent van Staalduinen is the author of the novels BOY and NOTHING BUT LIFE (both [...]
Wayne Jones interviews Oscar Martens
Concentrated mirth Wayne Jones has been a librarian for over 30 years, lastly as University Librarian at Carleton University in [...]
Traci Skuce rocks the virtual reading
Credit: Crystal Chowdhury Traci Skuce currently lives in social isolation in Cumberland, B.C. with husband, two grown sons and son’s [...]