“Who was I to write my story?”: An Interview with Minelle Mahtani, EVENT’s 2026 Non-Fiction Contest Judge
MINELLE MAHTANI is a Muslim Iranian/Indian/Canadian writer, former TV producer and radio host. She is Chair of Canadian Studies at […]
“A Ripple or a Faint Sparkle”: An Interview with Poet and EVENT Reading Service Editor gillian-harding russell
gillian harding-russell is a poet, editor and reviewer. She has published five poetry books and a new collection, Lift the Ear of […]
Sending and Receiving Letters: An Interview With Nadia Ragbar
Nadia Ragbar lives in Toronto with her partner and son. She has previously published her flash fiction work in This […]
“Never Trust Any Writer’s Explanations About Process or Anything Else”: An Interview With Tim Bowling
As a small boy, Tim Bowling liked to dream about one day publishing a collection of short stories. Fifty-five years […]
“Saying No With Love”: A Conversation With Chelene Knight
Chelene Knight is the author of Braided Skin (Mother Tongue 2015), the memoir Dear Current Occupant, winner of the 2018 […]
“Poetry Is the Potential Space Within the Walls of the Language House”: Cassie Williams Interviews Tolu Oloruntoba
Tolu Oloruntoba is a project management person and lapsed physician from Ibadan, Nigeria. He is the author of The Junta […]
“An Uncommon Eye”: Reflections on the Life and Work of Sandy Shreve
One of the first friends I made in the poetry world was Sandy Shreve. Despite our gap in age and […]
Falling Sideways Through One-Way Gates: Elena Johnson Interviews Natalie Rice
NATALIE RICE is the author of Nightjar (Gaspereau Press, 2025) and Scorch (Gaspereau Press,2023). Her poems have appeared in journals such […]
A Choreography of Meanings: Elena Johnson Interviews Isabella Wang
ISABELLA WANG is the author of the chapbook, On Forgetting a Language, and her full-lengthdebut, Pebble Swing, shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry […]
In the Dream World of Poems: Elena Johnson Interviews Kareem Tayyar
KAREEM TAYYAR’s most recent book, Keats in San Francisco & Other Poems, was published byLily Poetry Review Books in 2022, […]
Peacocks of Instagram: An Interview With Deepa Rajagopalan
DEEPA RAJAGOPALAN won the 2021 PEN Canada New Voices Award. Her work has appeared inliterary magazines such as Room, The Malahat Review, EVENT, […]
On Display in my Mind: Rob Taylor interviews Nick Thran
A John Ashbery Remembrance Day A call came into the shop from someone looking for your Girls on the Run. […]