Our 125th birthday issue! Extra pages, more features, lots of artwork – not to mention Vanessa Iddon‘s original cover celebrating this milestone, all wrapped up in the theme of Paper. Printmaking, note taking, letter writing – origami cranes, political missives, and a university Shakespeare class stuck on Ophelia. Our wonderful contributors include Lisa Moore, Andreae Callanan, Patrick O’Flaherty, and Andrew Hawthorn. You can subscribe here or purchase copies here.
“Three years have passed since the sudden murders in Blackmarsh Cove. Bureaucracy and secrecy have kept information at arms length from the public – that is until a hopeful podcaster,…
The wind was still, but the cold was biting all the same. Stepping outside made her sinuses burn and her eyes water. She brushed the snow off the seat of her snowmobile—a mid-nineties Ski-Doo, always giving her trouble. She surveyed the town as she waited for the engine to warm up. It’s squat vinyl sided homes glowed amidst the dim winter daytime. Snowmobile tracks crisscrossed on the road but not a person was in sight. She checked her handheld GPS. The coordinates lined up with somewhere northwest, about a forty-five minute ride under the blanket of dark. There were no stars today. It was always cloudy.
Congratulations on being named the regional winner of the BMO 1st Art! Award. Can you tell us more about your piece, What Will the Worms Think of Me? And can…