J.R. McConvey Named as a Journey Prize Finalist

 •  September 15

J.R. McConvey's "How the Grizzly Came to Hang at the Royal Oak Hotel” (EVENT 44/1) has just been announced as one of three finalists for $10,000...

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J.R. McConvey Longlisted for the Journey Prize

 •  September 2

We're thrilled for J.R. McConvey, who has not one, but two stories longlisted for the 2016 Journey Prize. One of these stories is "How the Grizzly...

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Review: K.D. Miller’s All Saints & Marilyn Gear Pilling’s On Huron’s Shore

 •  May 12

This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/3. K.D. Miller, All Saints, Biblioasis, 2014 Marilyn Gear Pilling, On Huron’s Shore, Demeter...

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Review: Brett Josef Grubisic’s This Location of Unknown Possibilities & Ed MacDonald’s Atomic Storybook

 •  February 22

This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/2 Brett Josef Grubisic, This Location of Unknown Possibilities, Now or Never Publishing, 2014 Ed...

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I Read as Scatteredly as I Write: An Interview with Stuart Ross

 •  December 17

Stuart Ross published his first literary pamphlet on the photocopier in his dad’s office one night in 1979. Through the 1980s, he stood on...

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EVENT 42/3 is here!

 •  February 4

Our latest Contest issue, EVENT 42/3, is now available at newsstands and in our new online store. 42/3 features the three winning entries from our...

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Review: Bradley Somer’s Imperfections & C. P. Boyko’s Psychology and Other Stories

 •  February 4

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/2. Bradley Somer, Imperfections, Nightwood Editions, 2012 C.P. Boyko, Psychology and Other Stories,...

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Go Away, I’m Reading. Really: EVENT in conversation with author Anne Fleming

 •  September 23

One year Anne Fleming gave her nephew a book for Christmas and watched from the sidelines as the volume captivated him for the next three hours....

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Hurry! (Writing contests for procrastinators)

 •  January 28

Is there anything a writer likes hearing more than “the deadline’s been extended”? There are a couple of terrific writing contests on right...

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Congratulations to our 2011 Western Magazine Awards Nominees!

 •  May 4

Wow, what a week! We're so pleased to hear that Bill Gaston ('Four Corners') and Kate Millar ('Year of the Rooster') were both finalists in the...

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