Siri Blows Her Horn
The Trial of Katterfelto by Michael Redhill. Knopf Canada, 2025. Reviewed by Barbara Sibbald. I’m going to have to eat my words. After reading Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill, I slammed it in my...
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Why did journalist and memoir author Jane Christmas become Elizabeth Braithwaite for her first novel, A Flight of Saints?
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I have tried before to write about Emily Carr’s mysterious illness of hysteria and her time in the East Anglia Sanatorium in England. She was in England to study art, which she did in London, Boxford...
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Canadian Writers Abroad used to announce newsy items on its Facebook page, but now Meta has made that difficult… Congratulations to Sarah Bernstein, last night’s winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize...
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Review of The Aerialists by Katie Munnik (The Borough Press, HarperCollins 2022). Reviewed by Debra Martens. The recent shooting down of four balloons in North American skies has made balloons a hot...
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A Writer’s Christmas in Wales by Katie Munnik “I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was...
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I met Marius Kociejowski at his flat in London, UK, but learned about him from a journalist in Ottawa, Roberta Walker. That meeting evolved into the interview, Casting Himself on a Breeze (2016). This...
View ArticleMarius Kociejowski
I met Marius Kociejowski at his flat in London, UK, but learned about him from a journalist in Ottawa, Roberta Walker. That meeting evolved into the interview, Casting Himself on a Breeze (2016). This...
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What makes a house a home? Review of Open House by Jane Christmas.
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Jane Christmas made the switch from journalism to books while still in Canada, and has continued to write from her home abroad, which has been in the suburbs of Bristol since 2017. Her memoir about...
View ArticleHome, yet not home
A new writer for a new year. Louise Ells was studying in the UK while I was living in London. Because I liked her written voice, I invited her to write for Canadian Writers Abroad. And she has. Below...
View ArticleCarr’s Curse
I have tried before to write about Emily Carr’s mysterious illness of hysteria and her time in the East Anglia Sanatorium in England. She was in England to study art, which she did in London, Boxford...
View ArticleWinner Abroad!
Canadian Writers Abroad used to announce newsy items on its Facebook page, but now Meta has made that difficult… Congratulations to Sarah Bernstein, last night’s winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize...
View ArticleA Ballooning Story
Review of The Aerialists by Katie Munnik (The Borough Press, HarperCollins 2022). Reviewed by Debra Martens. The recent shooting down of four balloons in North American skies has made balloons a hot...
View ArticleA Writer’s Christmas in Wales
A Writer’s Christmas in Wales by Katie Munnik “I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was...
View ArticleMarius Kociejowski
I met Marius Kociejowski at his flat in London, UK, but learned about him from a journalist in Ottawa, Roberta Walker. That meeting evolved into the interview, Casting Himself on a Breeze (2016). This...
View ArticleFinding the Perfect Home
What makes a house a home? Review of Open House by Jane Christmas.
View ArticleCrowning the Virus: New Skills for the Pandemic
Jane Christmas made the switch from journalism to books while still in Canada, and has continued to write from her home abroad, which has been in the suburbs of Bristol since 2017. Her memoir about...
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Home, yet not home
A new writer for a new year. Louise Ells was studying in the UK while I was living in London, and that’s how we “met”, although so far only online. Because I liked her written voice, I invited her to...
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