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From Issue 50/1: Read An Excerpt From Liz Harmer’s “The Bowerbird: A Tale”

Event Mags  •  December 14

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"O to be an old man!​​​​​​​​ so be "O to be an old man!​​​​​​​​ so beautifully defoliated​​​​​​​​ with pounds of metal in my pockets​​​​​​​​ troubles gone as dead children.​​​​​​​​ meds at ten and again at ten.​​​​​​​​ reading in my dreams,​​​​​​​​ deaf as a stump. storms come along​​​​​​​​ to tease memories out of my bones​​​​​​​​ not a moment spent in the future."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ From, "Sick of my 20s," by Jonathan Focht.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Read this poem and more in EVENT 51/2.
Our current issues include EVENT 51/2, featuring w Our current issues include EVENT 51/2, featuring work by ​​​​​​​​ Marc Perez, Angela Hibbs, Joel Robert Ferguson, Sarah Lachmansingh, Jason Jobin, and more. ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ As well, our Notes on Writing issue features more than 70 personal essays written by notable Canadian writers, including Jane Urquhart, David Bergen, André Alexis, Madeleine Thien, Eden Robinson, Jen Sookfong Lee, Zoe Whittall, Joy Kogawa, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Joshua Whitehead, and many others.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Order both through the link in our bio.
GORDON TAYLOR (he/him) is a queer poet who walks a GORDON TAYLOR (he/him) is a queer poet who walks an ever-swaying wire of technology, health care and poetry. A recent Pushcart Prize nominee, his poems have appeared in Prairie Fire, Grain, Plainsongs, Plenitude, Cathexis and Five South, and are forthcoming in The Wire’s Dream, The Main Street Rag and Banshee.​​​​​​​​
"Sometimes I think ​​​​​​​​ we mak "Sometimes I think ​​​​​​​​ we make too much​​​​​​​​ of form. Maybe intuition​​​​​​​​ is really unspoken​​​​​​​​ desire, the student​​​​​​​​ wordless​​​​​​​​ recognition of​​​​​​​​ a pattern​​​​​​​​ we'd wanted​​​​​​​​ so recognized"​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ From Pineapple Weed, by Matt Rader in EVENT 51/2.
Illustration by Nora Kelly, for Tricia Dower's non Illustration by Nora Kelly, for Tricia Dower's non-fiction piece, "If I Wrote the News".​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Read the full story in EVENT 51/2.
There's still time to take advantage of our holida There's still time to take advantage of our holiday deal. From now until January 31st, get a complimentary copy of our Notes on Writing Issue when you order a gift subscription (for yourself, or someone else).​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ A subscription to EVENT includes three issues delivered annually right to your door. We offer 1, 2, and 3 year subscriptions.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Order yours through the link in our bio.
The Half-Drowned: EJ Kneifel Interviews Trynne Del The Half-Drowned: EJ Kneifel Interviews Trynne Delaney:​​​​​​​​​ . "I think in a way history’s cosmic mark will never go away, and so it’s something that exists forever and always. But I think how we perceive history, the standard definition has an endpoint. So when people aren’t creating definitions anymore for history maybe that’s when history ends..." Read the full interview through the link in our bio.
"The sun spits/fishbones into the man's palm/my gr "The sun spits/fishbones into the man's palm/my grandma still rinsing/grease from her fingers./morning hog bucks/in her stomach, its organs/buried downstream. she calls/them the river's new gemstones/ as the man, in prayer, in sleep/shimmers with his knife still/between gills..."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ From, Lightning Storm in the Mazaruni River by Sarah Lachmansingh, in EVENT 51/2.
As a reminder, our holiday deal will be running un As a reminder, our holiday deal will be running until January 21st, 2023. Get a complimentary copy of our Notes on Writing Issue when you order a gift subscription (for yourself, or someone else). ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Link in bio to purchase.
New blog post: So You Want to Write for EVENT? Her New blog post: So You Want to Write for EVENT? Here’s What Our Editors Are Looking For​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ We know the publishing journey can be difficult. Rejection hurts, especially when you thought you had a sure thing. If you're thinking of publishing with EVENT, click the link in our bio to learn first-hand what our editors want, don't want, and get excited about.
JEFF MILLER is the author of the creative non-fict JEFF MILLER is the author of the creative non-fiction collection Ghost Pine: All Stories True (Invisible Publishing, 2010). He lives in rural Nova Scotia.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ For EVENT 51/2, Jeff reviews Esi Edugyan's "Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling," and Andrew Chesham and Laura Farina's "Resonance: Essays on the Craft and Life of Writing."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Order your copy through the lin in our bio.
GILLIAN WIGMORE lives and writes on the traditiona GILLIAN WIGMORE lives and writes on the traditional territory of the Lheidli T’enneh in Prince George, BC. She is the author of three books of poems, most recently Orient (Brick Books, 2014), and three books of fiction, most recently Night Watch (Invisible Publishing, 2020).​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Find Gillian's poem, Fellows, in EVENT 51/2.
SANDY POOL (she/they) is an essayist, poet and pro SANDY POOL (she/they) is an essayist, poet and professor of creative writing. Her first collection of poetry, Exploding Into Night, was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry. Her second collection, Undark: An Oratorio, was nominated for Ontario’s Trillium Book Award for Poetry, an Alberta Book Award, and a Toronto Arts Award. Selections from her upcoming third book, If Body: Freedom, are published in The Walrus. She has been awarded fellowships to Yaddo, Berton House and the Dora Maar House.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Find Sandy's non-fiction piece, I Love Lucy, in EVENT 51/2. You can also read the full piece through the link in our bio.
"You said being a man is about holding things​​​​​​​​ together--tying ice skates--building​​​​​​​​ a snow fort with a perimeter moat.​​​​​​​​ The word can't is not in our vocabulary--​​​​​​​​ t after can--me after you. I repeat this,​​​​​​​​ sit at your desk to write before you're gone,​​​​​​​​ before forgetting--our hands fused​​​​​​​​ into a single word..."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ From Apostrophe by Gordon Taylor, in EVENT 51/2.
"A venue of vultures rest on top of the collaborat "A venue of vultures rest on top of the collaborative installation by artists Lucia Koch and Héctor Zamora at Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico. It's a bit metaphorical: Vultures are known to be scavengers and benefit off others' hard work, but are also an indication to others that there is something fruitful in the area. The photo was captured on a Pentax 645N using Kodak Gold 200."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ From Douglas Hampton's cover image, "Casa Wabi" on EVENT 51/2.
MARKERS​​​​​​​​ by Martin Heavesid MARKERS​​​​​​​​ by Martin Heavesides​​​​​​​​ in EVENT 51/2​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ "At the border of consciousness and unconsciousness is an infant with a whistle.​​​​​​​​ The species of the infant varies person to person and by the time of day (also sometimes weather).​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ At the border between Youth and Age is a shimmering curtain, near invisible, maybe a decade in span.​​​​​​​​ Give or take. You feel a shiver passing through​​​​​​​​ Look in a mirror at a face that resembles yours, only..."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Order your copy through the link in our bio.
MJ MALLECK is a first-generation university gradua MJ MALLECK is a first-generation university graduate who wrote a business blog before returning home to creative storytelling. She grew up on the Canadian side of the US border and still likes her weather report in Fahrenheit. Tweets @MJMalleck.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Find MJ's short fiction, River Swim, in EVENT 51/2.
Illustrations by Nora Kelly, accompanying Jen Curr Illustrations by Nora Kelly, accompanying Jen Currin's short fiction, Last Christmas. Find this story and more in EVENT 51/2.
MARC PEREZ is the author of the poetry chapbook Bo MARC PEREZ is the author of the poetry chapbook Borderlands (Anstruther Press, 2020). His fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry have appeared in decomp journal, CV2, PRISM international and Vallum, among others. Originally from Manila, he currently lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Find three of Marc's poems in our latest issue, EVENT 51/2. Link in bio to order.
For EVENT 51/1, Christina Louise Turner reviews tw For EVENT 51/1, Christina Louise Turner reviews two non-fiction books by Andrew Potter and Helen Humphreys.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ "At first glance, Andrew Potter’s On Decline and Helen Humphreys’s Field Study: Meditations on a Year at the Herbarium have very little in common: the former is a brief survey of the ‘current problems and likely future of Western civilization,’ while the latter is a study in plants and contemplation, tracking a poet’s journey to her local herbarium over the course of a year. And yet both authors are keenly interested in exploring the past as a way of understanding a present moment of crisis..."​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Read the full review through the link in our bio.
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