Russell Thornton and Phoebe Wang in Conversation–An Excerpt from What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation

 •  November 13

The following is an excerpt from What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation, which will be published by Nightwood Editions in late...

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Isn’t every story or poem about love in one way or another?: Stephanie Sirois Interviews Patricia Young

 •  November 2

Amateurs at Love explores love: what love means, the different ways one can hurt or heal, love between couples, love between children, unrequited...

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Read and Listen: Miigwetch Nshoomis! by Nathan Adler

 •  October 5

English Audio Track: https://www.eventmagazine.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/miigwetch-nshoomis-NIIWEN.m4a Ojibwe Audio...

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An Entire Page of Words About One Damn Thing: Rob Taylor interviews Curtis Leblanc

 •  September 29

Sonnet for the Driveways of Our Childish Years All the tennis balls that our Gretzky curves couldn't guide past the taut rubber screen of a...

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To Boldly Poem: An Interview with Jenna Lyn Albert

 •  September 20

Fearless, precise and bold, Bec & Call is the debut collection from Acadian poet Jenna Lyn Albert. Rife with colloquialisms, irony and a healthy dose...

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30 Non-Fiction Writing Prompts

 •  September 15

“Writing is an act of great courage, and writing creative non-fiction raises up the stakes even higher. It is not a genre for the...

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Philip Huynh Selected for Journey Prize Long-List

 •  August 15

Congratulations to Philip Huynh, who is one of twelve writers on the long-list for the Journey Prize. The prize recognizes new writers for the best...

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Students Respond: Chemical Warfare by Brad Buchanan

 •  July 9

Poetry students at Douglas College were asked to respond to poems in EVENT, discussing observations on technique as well as what they learned as...

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LET DOWN YOUR HAIR Contest Winners

 •  May 7

Announcing the winners of EVENT's LET DOWN YOUR HAIR speculative writing contest! These pieces were read blind and selected from the shortlist by...

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Slam Dancing: Jillian Christmas Interviews mitcholos touchie

 •  April 18

Łapḥsp̓at̓unakʔi Łim̓aqsti AKA mitcholos touchie is an indigenous Spoken Word artist from Hitacu, Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ x Nuučaan̓uɫ...

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