Robert Allen is a formidable figure in Canadian literature. A poet and novelist, he is also editor of ...
By Bert Almon
Interviews
In a recent mRb, you named Leonard Cohen's Stranger Music as your favourite Montreal book, saying ...
By Ian McGillis
"I was shy, inarticulate, not very forward, so writing was and is very liberating. And fun, so much fun." ...
By Ian McGillis
Who hasn't fantasized about dropping out of life for a while and assuming a new identity, or eavesdropping at your ...
By Tess Fragoulis
January 8, 2006. I sit in the chapel at Paperman and Sons funeral home on Jean Talon street among Irving Layton's ...
By Anne Cimon
Ask any book lover to recount the roots of their passion and you'll often hear a story of one specific book, ...
By Ian McGillis
I arrived in Montreal in 2001 as one more procurer of an escapist's hideaway. I was taking a risk in coming here, ...
By Dimitri Nasrallah
A typical writing day? I wake up and go for a walk. I pace out my plots on pavement. I contemplate the concrete ...
By Marci Denesiuk
"I hope I die before I get old," sang The Who's Roger Daltrey before he got old. Aging may not be a picnic, but ...
By Claire Holden Rothman
It’s probably not a label William Weintraub ever expected to have attached to him, even by default, but he has ...
By Joel Yanofsky
McGimpsey’s file already includes three collections of poetry – Lardcake, Dogboy, and Hamburger ...
By Andrew Steinmetz
“They have a passion to do it. They’re highly intelligent, deeply in love with literature. They’re often writers ...
By Ian McGillis