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Reneé Bibby and the land of open carry

Reneé Bibby is the director of The Writers Studio Tucson, where she teaches advanced and beginner creative writing workshops. Her work has appeared in PRISM International, Thin Air, Third Point Press, The Worcester Review, and Wildness. She is contributing editor at the Wilds. www.reneebibby.com OM:  While other creative writing schools [...]

By |2021-02-13T18:02:36-08:00April 11th, 2017|Media Whore Blog|2 Comments

High kicks in the bathroom with Richard Kelly Kemick

Photo credit: Michelle Fleming, skylightimages.com Richard Kelly Kemick's poetry and prose have been published in magazines and journals across Canada and the United States. His debut collection of poetry, Caribou Run, was published March 2016 and selected by CBC as one of the season’s Must Read Collections. He [...]

By |2021-02-13T18:06:30-08:00March 21st, 2017|Media Whore Blog|0 Comments

Stephanie Yorke, Thom Yorke, and a bunch of muttonheads

Stephanie Yorke is a poet, fiction writer, and librettist. She has published her work in Canada and in other countries. She is Canadian, and has lived in Oxford and Johannesburg. OM:  When you've established yourself in the writing scene in one area (city/country), can any of that social momentum transfer [...]

By |2021-02-13T18:13:00-08:00January 24th, 2017|Media Whore Blog|5 Comments

The Gatekeeper Function

When I was invited to contribute to The Malahat Review's Publishing Tips guest column, I chose to write about the gatekeeper function. Traditionally, writers only publish and develop a following by dealing with gatekeepers such as journal editors, book publishers, and agents. Bypassing the gatekeeper by self-publishing seems like an [...]

By |2021-06-08T15:36:05-08:00December 14th, 2016|Media Whore Blog|0 Comments

Galloway is now a verb

For those who haven't been following the latest Canlit scandal, I'll see if I can summarize this in one paragraph. Steven Galloway, the former chair of UBC's creative writing program, was suspended last November over "serious allegations". UBC provided no further explanation, creating a climate of gossip, speculation, and rumours. [...]

By |2021-06-08T15:45:03-08:00November 27th, 2016|Media Whore Blog|0 Comments

Who Publishes When

In 2010 I received an email from Antanas Sileika, a novelist and the director of the Humber School for Writers. Back in 1987, he read a New York Times Book Review essay which stated that the average age of a first-time published writer in the USA was 47. Antanas wanted [...]

By |2021-06-08T15:53:38-08:00November 1st, 2016|Media Whore Blog|2 Comments

Elizabeth Philips, poet, novelist, editor, (and finalist!)

Elizabeth Philips is the author of four books of poetry, most recently, A Blue with Blood in it (Coteau Books: 2000) and Torch River (Brick Books: 2007). Among other awards, she has won two Saskatchewan Book Awards, a National Magazine Award, an Alberta Magazine Award, and Torch River was a [...]

By |2021-06-08T15:56:24-08:00September 27th, 2016|Media Whore Blog|0 Comments
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