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D.W. Wilson
Remember this aside from my “Masterclass”? (Hmm, University of East Anglia rings a bell. Ah yes, that’s where the Canadian who won the BBC short story competition was studying. Who was he?) Well, I...
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Sara and Edward
I linger’d; all within was noise Of songs, and clapping hands, and boys That crash’d the glass and beat the floor; Where once we held debate, a band Of youthful friends, on mind and art, And labour,...
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Love Literary London
There are many things to love about London, but my favourite is its celebration of literature. Besides theatre, Sherlock and Doctor Who. Dead authors appear on blue plaques on walls of buildings they...
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The Reason
When I was doing research this summer, I was surprised to find that so many pre-1970s Canadian writers had studied or worked abroad. Here is Margaret Atwood’s explanation for this: When Munro was...
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Hot
This is the hottest day in London so far this summer, or in the last seven years. But you know what? Somewhere else in the world it is hotter. Like Ontario. Or Somalia. Here is an excerpt from Margaret...
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Back to School
For our family, school now means university. Which is a convenient topic, because in the spring I researched Canadian writers Continue reading →
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A Cloistered Life
Jane Christmas is a Canadian writer living in England. Her recent memoir, And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Continue reading →
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Munro’s and Jerry’s Nobel
This post is in celebration of Alice Munro‘s Nobel Prize in Literature. The quick facts: she is the first Canadian Continue reading →
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Dust to Dust
How does one become a war poet? Suzanne Steele began by being curious about the exact colour of the Afghan Continue reading →
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Allons-y!
Geronimo! Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary fell on the same day as the second anniversary of Canadian Writers Abroad. Thanks to Continue reading →
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Fun words and not so fun
What is a tweeny? A faddist? Researching Sara Jeannette Duncan for an essay this summer, I came across some startling Continue reading →
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Elm Cottage
Our search for the house where Margaret Laurence and her children lived for ten years in England began in a Continue reading →
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Elm Cottage, Penn, continued
We got back in the car and drove to the other end of Penn. We turned onto Beacon Hill (Margaret Continue reading →
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Light and Levine
The sandy beaches in St Ives, Cornwall, are supposedly the cause of a pink light that glows over the town in Continue reading →
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Devon Inspires Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith started writing about 15 years ago, publishing her first poems in Canadian literary journals (Room, Grain, and The Continue reading →
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Viceroy and Writer: John Buchan
I am happy to report that CWA has found another contributor. This piece on author and Governor General of Canada, Continue reading →
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Stones and Stories
The best thing about Manchester is that I walked around its streets by myself for a day and didn’t get Continue reading →
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Tintern Abbey
School memories of William Wordsworth‘s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” caused us to rent a car and Continue reading →
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Elm Cottage, Penn, continued
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Light and Levine
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