Rivers are Creatures, Too: An Interview with Randy Lundy
Event Mags • June 2Randy Lundy is a member of the Barren Lands (Cree) First Nation. Born in northern Manitoba, he has lived most of his life in Saskatchewan. He has...
Review: K.D. Miller’s All Saints & Marilyn Gear Pilling’s On Huron’s Shore
Shashi Bhat • May 12This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/3. K.D. Miller, All Saints, Biblioasis, 2014 Marilyn Gear Pilling, On Huron’s Shore, Demeter...
Gena Ellett a National Magazine Awards Finalist
Shashi Bhat • May 3Hey guess what? Gena Ellett is a National Magazine Awards finalist in the Personal Journalism category! Her nominated essay, "The Back Roads," first...
Trevor Corkum a National Magazine Awards Finalist
Shashi Bhat • May 2Congratulations to Trevor Corkum, whose glittering, haunting story, "Dar a Luz," has been selected as one of three finalists for the National...
Non-Fiction Prompts #26-30
Shashi Bhat • April 13Completed some of our previous prompts but don't feel your essay is quite done yet? Or do you have an older essay you'd like to whip into shape to...
Non-Fiction Prompt #25
Shashi Bhat • April 11For this exercise, you'll write about an incident from your life that has two sides to it. For example, you might describe an argument between...
Non-Fiction Prompt #22
Shashi Bhat • April 4In her short non-fiction piece, "What You Learn in College," Karen Donley-Hayes writes about a personal experience playing strip spin-the-bottle in...
Review: Sean Arthur Joyce’s Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest & Vangie Bergum’s Downstream
Shashi Bhat • March 26This non-fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/3. Sean Arthur Joyce, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the...
Non-Fiction Prompt #17
Shashi Bhat • February 20Like Prompt #11, this exercise requires you to consider an unexpected antagonist: your own body. There are countless memoirs about illness, so many...
Non-Fiction Prompt #15
Shashi Bhat • February 15The November 15, 2015 episode of radio show This American Life told several stories around the theme of "Status Updates." Their episode synopsis...
