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Writer's Block: Whatever You Do, Don't Think About It!

I’m fortunate in that I’ve never really suffered from so-called ‘writer’s block’, if that affliction means being completely unable to write for an extended period of time. I have come to understand and...

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Crime Writer Vicki Delany Bares All For Open Book

Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most varied and prolific crime writers. Her popular Constable Molly Smith series (including In the Shadow of the Glacier and Among the Departed) have been optioned for...

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First Books: ‘a spiritual, mental, and physical achievement’

The short story writer, Andre Dubus, paid homage to the special place that first books hold in the hearts of writers in his memoir, Meditations From a Moveable Chair. I received the note from my...

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A Life With Words ...

In like a lion, out like a lamb. Or something like that.Thanks to Open Book Toronto for keeping the faith with this site and so much more. Thanks for trusting me to file blogs without so much as a drug...

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Exclusive! Stuart Ross Q+A: "I don't want anyone to get hurt."

The accomplished poet and editor Stuart Ross couldn't be any busier this spring. He took a few minutes out of his cross-Ontario travels to speak with me about a lifetime with words. CB: You were first...

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“As a writer you make your own weather”: Irish crime writer Eoin McNamee on...

There is perhaps no greater, more perplexing, and ultimately rewarding journey for the writer than the long enterprise to discover one’s voice – or at least the voice we’re most comfortable using in...

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Boxing legend Chuvalo punches out his life story: wins, losses, and knockouts

When I was fourteen, an entire wall of my bedroom was plastered with glossy centerfolds. But rather than scantily clad women, the photos were a who’s-who of boxing’s golden era: guys like Roberto...

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Fathers. Trying, trying, trying.

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”Of course F. Scott Fitzgerald was talking about all of us when he typed those beautiful final lines to his novel, The...

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Fathers. Trying, trying, trying.

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”Of course F. Scott Fitzgerald was talking about all of us when he typed those beautiful final lines to his novel, The...

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