While many of us were hoping for a return to in person programming this fall, it simply isn’t our reality for 2020. Instead, we have embraced the opportunity to provide our core children’s programming online and are finding some hidden benefits! Join us virtually for what will be a different kind of fall program season. ... Continue Reading →
Interview with Linden MacIntyre
Linden MacIntyre was the host of Canada’s premiere investigative television show, The Fifth Estate, for nearly twenty-five years. Born in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, and raised in Port Hastings, Cape Breton, he began his career in 1964 with the Halifax Chronicle-Herald as a parliamentary bureau reporter. MacIntyre later worked at The Journal and hosted CBC Radio’s... Continue Reading →
9th Annual Lit On Tour
On Tuesday, November 5th, head to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery for the Toronto International Festival of Author’s (TIFA)’s 9th annual Lit On Tour event here in Thunder Bay. Lit On Tour brings the world’s best authors of contemporary literature to various events across Ontario. Lakehead University, the Northwestern Ontario Writers’ Workshop (NOWW), the Thunder... Continue Reading →
Interview with Rune Christiansen
Rune Christiansen is a Norwegian poet and novelist. One of Norway’s most important literary writers, he is the author of more than 20 books of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. He has won many prestigious awards, including the 2014 Brage Prize for his bestselling novel, The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life. Fanny and the Mystery in... Continue Reading →
Interview with Ann Hui
Ann Hui has been The Globe and Mail’s national food reporter since 2015. Her work has included investigations into the role of lobbying in the development of Canada’s Food Guide, and a 2018 story that uncovered widespread sexual harassment in one of the country’s most prominent wineries. Previously, she covered Toronto politics and national news.... Continue Reading →
Lit On Tour in Thunder Bay This Tuesday!
On Tuesday, October 30th, head to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery for the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA)’s 8th annual Lit On Tour event here in Thunder Bay. Lit On Tour brings Canadian authors of contemporary literature to various events across Ontario. Lakehead University, the Northwestern Ontario Writers’ Workshop (NOWW), the Thunder Bay Art... Continue Reading →
Interview with Kim Moritsugu
Kim Moritsugu holds a BA and MBA from the University of Toronto, and worked several years in a corporate setting before becoming a novelist. Moritsugu’s novels include Looks Perfect, a romantic comedy shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award; The Glenwood Treasure, a literary mystery shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Best Crime Novel Award; The Restoration of... Continue Reading →
Interview with Ann Y.K. Choi
Originally from South Korea, Ann Y.K. Choi immigrated to Canada in 1975. She is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers and the Creative Writing Certificate Program at the University of Toronto. Most recently, she completed an MFA in Creative Writing at National University in San Diego, California. Her debut novel, Kay’s Lucky Coin... Continue Reading →
Interview with Gary Barwin
Gary Barwin is a writer, composer, multimedia artist and the author of twenty-one books of poetry, fiction and books for children. His recent books include Scotiabank Giller Prize and Governor General’s Award shortlisted Yiddish for Pirates and the poetry collection Moon Baboon Canoe. Barwin teaches creative writing in the Mohawk College Continuing Education program and... Continue Reading →
Interview with Grace O’Connell
Grace O’Connell is the author of The Globe and Mail Best Book Magnified World and 2014 winner of the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award. She holds an MFA in creative writing, and her work has appeared in various publications including The Walrus, Taddle Creek, The Globe and Mail, National Post and Elle Canada. She... Continue Reading →
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