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A conversation with Kerry-Lee Powell, winner of The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest
Part of the fun of adjudicating TNQ’s writing contests is that the process is completely anonymous. Each entry is given a number, and the writer behind the words remains a mystery until after the winner has been chosen. Now that we’ve named our winners, however, we’d like to get to know the writers a little [...]
East and West: A Conversation with Sara Heinonen
Sara Heinonen’s wonderfully evocative story, ‘The Blue Dress’ (TNQ 120) is the tale of an expat couple in Hong Kong, he a successful businessman embracing the rapidly expanding money culture, she a teacher of English, who accompanies him. The story was inspired by a period when Sara herself lived in Hong Kong, and there were [...]
Here Comes the Bride
Being a bridesmaid can be so much fun. You get to dress up and drink champagne but you don’t have any of the decisions or stress. That’s what it’s been like in our writing group, called the Hopefuls, since Erin Bow stepped forward and became the bride. The rest of us have considered ourselves her [...]
The loss of a great spirit, Robert Kroetsch (1927-2011)
On Tuesday of last week Robert Kroetsch, the presiding spirit of Alberta letters, died of injuries received in a car accident. He was 83. (See The Edmonton Journal) The obituaries sang his praises as novelist and poet but also as teacher, mentor, friend. Colleagues and fellow writers described him as a generous and loving man, [...]
TNQ <3s Alternatives Journal
Rae Crossman (a former TNQ fiction Editor) doesn’t know this, but he changed my fate many years ago, simply by visiting my university for a “what the heck can I do with an English degree” panel, where, incidentally, he discussed “The Wolf Project” and how great it is to work with TNQ… “The Wolf Project” [...]
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