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In Conversation With: Julie Booker on photography and how to frame a story. (cc: @houseofanansi)

Host Julie Wilson chats with Julie Booker about travel, photography and how to match the right tools to the right story.

Profiling Carolyn Black: [warning: photographic evidence]

Carolyn Black (The Odious Child) passes a flash drive to Julie Wilson. Julie discovers four DNA samples and an invitation to play.

Sneak Peek: Brian Francis Reads from Natural Order (Doubleday Canada)

Following on the success of Fruit, a 2009 Canada Reads contender, Brian Francis gears up for the fall release of his latest novel Natural Order.

In Conversation With: Book Maven Vicki Ziegler (@bookgaga) on How to Make the Most of The 49th Shelf

Vicki Ziegler is an early adopter. Read on to learn her thoughts about oneupmanship in online reading communities—gasp!—and how she exploits The 49th …

In Conversation With: Brian Busby on John Glassco and the Pleasures of Reviving Forgotten Literary Traditions

In conversation with Brian Busby, author of the literary memoir A Gentleman of Pleasure, which details the life and artistry of poet and pornographer …

In Conversation With: Trevor Cole (Practical Jean, @McClellandBooks)

Trevor Cole (Practical Jean) on AuthorsAloud.com, aural pleasures, collecting voices, an . . . Pop Rocks.

In Conversation With: Suzanne Desrochers (Bride of New France, @penguincanada)

Suzanne Desrochers on writing a debut novel, unveiling previously hidden historical figures, and how the writing life should facilitate happiness, not …

In Conversation With: Tony Burgess

A few weeks ago, I was sitting on a patio when a gentleman, back lit by an early-summer sun, approached my table to boast that he recognized me from the …

Interview with a video wrangler: Jen Knoch, on keeping her city reading

Jen Knoch runs the Keeping it Real Book Club, and Keeps Toronto Reading (in conjunction with the Toronto Public Library’s April campaigns) by curating …

In the Writers' Words

Conversations with Twelve Canadian Poets, Volume II

edited by Laurence Hutchman

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