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Writing Life

February, 2008
A Case of You by Rick Blechta is in Stores on February 29
February, 2013
A Clumsy Thing About Love
May, 2013
A History of Gathering
February, 2009
A poor time to be a writer
February, 2013
A Public Life
October, 2011
A Thank You to Bharati Mukherjee Twenty-five Years in the Making
January, 2012
Against the grain: networking Yogi Berra, Vaclav Havel, a liking for trouble.
September, 2010
Agent’s Corner: Do.It.Yourself Editing: Preparing the perfect manuscript for submission
June, 2008
Alice Munro's gone and back again
October, 2011
Alissa York Answers These Questions Three
October, 2011
All Writers Are Mystery Writers
October, 2011
An Empty Chair in the True North Strong and Free is Still Empty
February, 2008
And as my time here draws to a close...
October, 2011
Art Date/'Hot' Objects:
October, 2008
Artists are ordinary Canadians, too
May, 2012
At the Desk: Bianca Lakoseljac
June, 2012
At the Desk: Nataša Dragnić
June, 2012
At the Desk: Shree Ghatage
August, 2012
At the Desk: Sylvia Gunnery
January, 2008
Authors get inked
November, 2012
Automobiles and Literature
February, 2013
Becoming Nocturnal
March, 2012
Blog Alert! Lorna London Interviews Author Shelly Sanders on Her Blog, London Time
May, 2012
Blog Alert! Vikki VanSickle On Tour
September, 2010
Bohemian Like You
December, 2008
California here I come!
April, 2009
Candlelight and Waffles
October, 2010
Canzine Countdown: An Interview with Teri Vlassopoulos
September, 2009
Chutzpah and Guile: Great Grants with Marnie Woodrow
March, 2013
Class is in Session this Fall as International Festival of Authors Partners with Humber School for Writers
September, 2011
Conflict of Interest: Fully Loaded!
May, 2011
Conflict of Interest: The State of Short Fiction Part Six: The Crafty Wick of Zsuzsi Gartner
January, 2012
Cursed: swearing off swearing?
June, 2011
Diaspora Dialogues at Luminato: Art as Safe Ground?
February, 2012
Dispatches From The Front Lines ...
June, 2008
Don't Quit Your Day Job
June, 2009
Each city has its own soundscape: a conversation with Kate Eichhorn
October, 2011
Eden Mills, Alissa York and the Brooklyn Bridge
May, 2013
Editing Other People's Work
February, 2008
Eleven Questions with Dwight Hamilton
May, 2011
Escape to South Africa, with Emma Ruby-Sachs
February, 2013
Exclusive! Skydigger Andy Maize reveals "the last thing I'll ever write ..."
January, 2009
Feeling a little rejected?
February, 2013
First Blush
April, 2011
Five Things Literary: Roncesvalles Village, with Andrew J. Borkowski
May, 2011
Forget CanLit, SportsLit Is Where It’s At
February, 2013
Free For All - Canadian Copyright, Intellectual Property and What Happens Next: An Interview with John Degen
May, 2012
Giving Back: A Chat with Kathy Stinson
September, 2011
Government Grants and Photoshoots
February, 2013
Growing Wings, and Penance
March, 2011
Guest Blog: Diaspora Dialogues: A leg up on a steep and slippery path
February, 2012
GUEST BLOG: Losing My Tesseracts Virginity In A Big Way
January, 2009
Hey, I have an idea!
July, 2012
Hoarding With Caution
January, 2012
Housecleaning: bringing historical fiction up to date?
July, 2012
How to Prolong Writer's Block
July, 2011
HOW TO TELL IF YOU’RE A WRITER
February, 2013
I Have No Idea What I'm Doing
December, 2007
I'm not afraid of you, 2008!
January, 2009
In the beginning...
December, 2007
In Which I Explain The Meaning of Life... where else can you find that on a free web site?
May, 2013
INSOMNIA
November, 2008
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT PRIEST
October, 2010
It Gets Better
June, 2008
It's a long story
May, 2012
It’s Time to Get Outside!
May, 2010
Katherine Govier Answers rob mclennan's Questions
December, 2009
Kids & Ethics, yes please.
January, 2009
Lessons learned from a Forest Ranger turned Writer
May, 2008
Lien Chao Featured in Toronto Star
January, 2008
Luck be a lady tonight
March, 2013
Mentoring Aspiring Writers
September, 2011
Mentorship Matters: 7 questions for Elizabeth Ruth
May, 2013
Noticed: Author Amanda Leduc Talks the Value of the Detour
March, 2012
Noticed: Leah Bobet Talks Urban Exploration with the National Post
September, 2011
Noticed: New Diaspora Dialogues Writer Resource Wiki
July, 2012
Objects to Inspire
February, 2013
Obsessions
February, 2011
OBT Black History Series: Dalton Higgins
February, 2011
OBT Black History Series: Motion
March, 2011
OBT Celebrates Women's Day with Olive Senior
January, 2009
Oh, The People You'll Meet!
January, 2009
Oh, The Places You'll Go!
October, 2011
On Empathy and Elections
February, 2013
On Plagiarism
November, 2007
On Quillblog: Day Jobs for Writers
August, 2010
On Writing & Translation, with Erma Odrach
November, 2011
On Writing with Mark Lavorato
April, 2011
On Writing, with Angela Hibbs
March, 2011
On Writing, with Basil Papademos
February, 2012
On Writing, with Carmen Rodríguez
March, 2011
On Writing, with Cristina Perissinotto
March, 2013
On Writing, with Florence Gibson MacDonald
February, 2012
On Writing, with Joey Slinger
December, 2011
On Writing, with Lee Lamothe
November, 2011
On Writing, with Mahtab Narsimhan
October, 2011
On Writing, with Monica Kulling
September, 2011
On Writing, with Nino Ricci
March, 2012
On Writing, with Pietro Corsi
March, 2011
On Writing, with Rita Deverell
December, 2011
On Writing, with Rosemary Sullivan
July, 2011
On Writing: Special Edition with Jeffrey Canton
June, 2011
On Writing: the Short Story Edition, with David Helwig
May, 2013
Opportunity for Writers: Literary Retreat in Picturesque Muskoka
May, 2012
Picture Book Authors Tell All! - Part 1
April, 2011
Poets in Profile: Lorna Crozier
April, 2011
Poets in Profile: Sam Cheuk
April, 2011
Poets in Profile: Shane Neilson
May, 2011
Q&A with Daniel Allen Cox On His Latest Book, Krakow Melt
December, 2011
Quillcast Episode Four: Clark Blaise and The Meagre Tarmac
July, 2009
Readers Write: The Author and the Book
July, 2011
Readers Write: The Challenges of The Chosen Chronicles, Guest Post by Karen Dales
May, 2013
Reading as a Writer
January, 2012
Research? I drive a Ford
February, 2013
Robots vs. Bleeders
April, 2012
Sarah Tsiang is OBT's April 2012 WIR! (+ Book Giveaway)
July, 2012
Second Book Woes
January, 2008
Second time at bat
February, 2013
Self Care
February, 2009
Shaun Smith Interviewed by Nathan Whitlock for Open Book
February, 2013
Snow Day
July, 2010
Souled Out: Lost in Transliteration
April, 2013
Special Feature: Interview with George Fetherling

February, 2013
Talking It Out
May, 2010
Ten Questions with Alessandro Porco
October, 2009
Ten Questions with Amy Jones
November, 2007
Ten Questions With Anne Hines
July, 2009
Ten Questions with Antonio D’Alfonso
March, 2008
Ten Questions with Barry Callaghan
June, 2008
Ten Questions with Beverley Stone
September, 2008
Ten Questions with Chris Eaton
April, 2009
Ten Questions with Clayton Hanmer (aka CTON)
January, 2008
Ten Questions With Corey Redekop
October, 2009
Ten Questions with Dalton Higgins
September, 2009
Ten Questions with Damian Rogers
February, 2008
Ten Questions With Deborah Ellis
December, 2008
Ten Questions with Dennis McCloskey
December, 2009
Ten Questions with Emil Sher
August, 2009
Ten Questions with Jacob McArthur Mooney
November, 2010
Ten Questions with Jeffrey Round
September, 2010
Ten Questions with Joey Comeau
September, 2009
Ten Questions with John Moss
January, 2010
Ten Questions with John Oughton
July, 2008
Ten Questions with John Scully
October, 2009
Ten Questions with K. Sawyer Paul
November, 2009
Ten Questions with Karen Shenfeld
November, 2008
Ten Questions with Kathy Kacer
June, 2009
Ten Questions with Lauren Kirshner
October, 2007
Ten Questions With Lynn Coady
August, 2009
Ten Questions with Marianne Paul
April, 2010
Ten Questions with Marta Chudolinska
November, 2009
Ten Questions with Mary Melfi
March, 2009
Ten Questions with Michael Rubenfeld
September, 2008
Ten Questions with Nitin Deckha
April, 2009
Ten Questions with Pamela Mordecai
February, 2010
Ten Questions with Paul Vermeersch
July, 2010
Ten Questions with Pj Kwong
January, 2008
Ten Questions with Rick Blechta
September, 2009
Ten Questions with Robert Paul Weston
July, 2009
Ten Questions with Sally Rippin
January, 2009
Ten Questions with Shaun Smith
March, 2009
Ten Questions with Sheree-Lee Olson
June, 2010
Ten Questions with Thom Vernon
August, 2007
Ten Questions with Todd Babiak
March, 2010
Ten Questions with Vicki Delany
November, 2009
Ten Questions with Welwyn Wilton Katz
September, 2007
Ten Questions with Zoe Whittall
March, 2011
Ten Questions, with Barbara Fradkin
May, 2011
Ten Questions, with Jessica Westhead
January, 2011
Ten Questions, with Kate Pullinger
January, 2009
Ten thousand hours
September, 2011
The 10 Questions I Forgot to Ask Vivek Shraya While on the 401
February, 2012
The Bookninja Says Farewell
July, 2011
The Catharsis of Screaming
April, 2012
The Conversation: Anne Fleming with Beth Follett
June, 2011
The Death of Penmanship (and Penwomanship Too)
April, 2011
The Diaspora Dialogues Mentorship Program: The Physics Yardstick
March, 2012
The Dirty Dozen, with Anusree Roy
May, 2012
The Dirty Dozen, with Zoë S. Roy
July, 2011
THE FRIENDSHIP OF WRITERS
November, 2011
The Governor General's Literary Awards Roundup
July, 2011
The Great Canadian Writer's Craft Interview: Zachariah Wells
July, 2011
The Great Canadian Writer's Craft Interview: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
June, 2011
The Great Canadian Writer's Craft Interview: Michael deBeyer
April, 2012
The Gutter Series: Between Projects, Poetry Edition with Jen Currin
April, 2012
The Gutter Series: Between Projects, Poetry Edition with Leigh Nash
October, 2008
The Implied Author Part I: The Virtual Audience
October, 2008
The Implied Author Part II: The Virtual Audience
December, 2008
The Implied Author Part VI: Editing and Dramaturgy: How Many Cooks?
January, 2009
The Implied Author Part VIII: Never Enough Attention: Becoming a Monster
February, 2008
The moment of truth
February, 2008
The other side of the coin
December, 2010
The Perpetual Mentee
December, 2011
The Proust Questionnaire, with Barbara Reid
November, 2010
The Slings and Arrows of Getting Published: Insider Tips for Would-be Writers
May, 2012
The Therapy of Writing, with Leslie Shimotakahara
October, 2011
The Top Ten Tips of a Writer's Routine
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
The Wallflower Confessions
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
July, 2008
THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS
October, 2008
The Writer's Life
January, 2012
The Writers' Trust Posts Canadian Authors to the Yukon
October, 2011
These Questions Three with Robin Maharaj
October, 2011
Touring, Part One: what you will do, what you won't, and how you can
July, 2012
Travel Necessities for Writers
February, 2010
TTC (Totally Terrible Cop-Out)
July, 2010
TTQ'S Toronto Poets 5 Questions Series: ELISABETH DE MARIAFFI
September, 2010
TTQ's Toronto Poets 5 Questions Series: Ewan Whyte
June, 2010
TTQ's Toronto Poets 5 Questions Series: Jacob Mooney
July, 2010
TTQ's Toronto Poets 5 Questions Series: Myna Wallin
January, 2012
Undertow/Underworld : The Backstory
January, 2012
Video of the Week: Doug Gibson, Cartographer of Canadian Storytelling
August, 2010
Vincent Lam's Writing Tips for the CBC Book Club
March, 2012
Weekly Round-Up: Open Book Ontario
March, 2012
Weekly Round-Up: Open Book Ontario
March, 2012
Weekly Round-Up: Open Book Ontario
February, 2012
Weekly Round-Up: Open Book Ontario
March, 2012
Weekly Round-Up: Open Book Ontario
December, 2012
Welcome, welcome
May, 2012
What, Me? Write Historical Fiction? -- Part 1
July, 2011
WHERE WRITERS LIVE
February, 2013
Wide Open Space
October, 2011
With Coffee and an Explanation in Hand
March, 2012
Words From The Street: The March Madness Edition
February, 2013
Writer's Block Doesn't Exist
April, 2012
Writers and Retreats: Pros and Cons
May, 2013
Writers' Retreat Opportunity: A Camp Getaway for Authors!
December, 2007
Writing A01
December, 2007
Writing AO1, installment #2: Size Totally Matters
December, 2007
Writing AO1, installment #2: Size Totally Matters.
December, 2007
Writing AO1, installment #3: Editors and Other Goddesses
June, 2012
Writing in the Family: Max Layton and Barry Callaghan on Can. Lit. Childhood
June, 2012
Writing Life
February, 2013
Writing Vs. Being A Writer
May, 2011
Your face is familiar but I haven't the faintest idea who you are: Confessions of a Face-blind Raconteur
October, 2007
Zoe T. Leroy asks author about Britney, Chris Crocker, David Miller, Unicorns, Babies and her First Novel!
October, 2007
Zoe T. LeRoy Interviews Hot Shot ECW Author Brian Joseph Davis about His New Novel "I, Tania"!

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