Mark Johnston Reading an Excerpt from “The Thief, The Crier, and those Damned Dark Ages”
Mark Johnston reads and excerpt from his short story published in issue 30-2 of FreeFall Magazine.
The FreeFall Annual Prose and Poetry Contest
The FreeFall Annual Prose and Poetry Contest is open until April 30th, 2020. $1700 in prizes to be won plus publication in the Fall issue. For details and to enter, see the link https://freefallmagazine.ca/contest.html 1st Prize (Poetry and Fiction) $500 Sponsored by Frontenac House and AWCS 2nd Prize (Poetry and Fiction) $250. Sponsored by Freehand Books 3rd Prize (Poetry and Fiction) $75.00…
Book Review of Aaron Cully Drake’s “Do You Think This Is Strange?”
Shelley McAneeley a review of: Do You Think This is Strange? Aaron Cully Drake Brindle and Glass Publishing ISBN 978-1-927366-387 Having just completed my usual morning talk with my aged mother, I notice that I panic, and mentally search for meaning during the conversation with her. I hope to respond at the right moment,…
Writing for Performance
What I learned about performing from Ivan Coyote: Ryan and I attended the Wordfest Workshop: “Writing for Performance with Ivan Coyote” back in October 2014. Ivan is one of Ryan’s favourite performing artists, so as soon as we realized that Thomas King and Ivan Coyote would be in Banff Friday night and Saturday afternoon respectively,…
Book Review of “All My Puny Sorrows”
Annie Vigna A review of All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews Alfred A. Knopf Canada ISBN 978-0-345-80800-4 $29.95 The title of Miriam Toews’s latest novel was taken from a line in a poem by 18th Century poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a portion of which I quote (my emphasis): To A Friend, With An Unfinished…