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30 Books by 30 Queer Canadian Writers

30 Books by 30 Queer Canadian Writers

Whether you’re building a New Year’s resolution reading list or hoping to renew your faith in #CanLit, we at Room are here to help. This list of some of our most beloved fiction, poetry, and non-fiction books by queer Canadian writers, compiled by fourteen members of...

Our 10 Most-Read Posts of 2017

Our 10 Most-Read Posts of 2017

Our yearly round-up of the most popular posts on our website. Well, it's been an interesting twelve months since last year's top ten (and I'm kicking myself for wasting the opening "[Year] may have sucked" on 2016). I'm sure we're all feeling the ongoing burn of...

17 Books to Read in 2017

17 Books to Read in 2017

In Anne of Green Gables—that beloved Prince Edward Island saga—Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote, “Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it.” Well, Lucy Maud Montgomery wasn’t around for 2016. The tomorrows (and yesterdays and todays, hours and even minutes) of 2016...

Our Top Posts of 2016

Our Top Posts of 2016

2016 may have sucked, but on the bright side, it inspired some incredible writing (see #3 on this list). Last year we shared our top 15 most-read posts of 2015, and I thought I'd continue the trend—and so, here are the ten most-read posts on roommagazine.com in 2016....

“Does Genre Really Matter?”

“Does Genre Really Matter?”

With the deadline for Room’s Short Forms contest less than two months away (closing on January 15, 2017), Mica Lemiski discusses genre-bending writing and what it means to step outside literary conventions, using Maggie Nelson and Amber Dawn as examples. With the...

Rooftop Reading Series: Roomie Edition November 18, 2016

Rooftop Reading Series: Roomie Edition November 18, 2016

We've had so much fun with all you fine folks the last two months, that we just want to keep all this rooftop revelry going . . . so join us on November 18th for a Roomie edition of the Rooftop Reading Series! We've had so much fun with all you fine folks the last two...

10 Picture Books Written by Canadian Women of Colour

10 Picture Books Written by Canadian Women of Colour

I am so pleased to have been given the chance to write this post for Room about some of the talented women behind Canadian picturebooks. Most of my academic and non-academic pursuits revolve around children’s literature, but it’s not often that I get to focus on...

Chow by Janice Wong

Chow by Janice Wong

We are getting so excited and inspired (and hungry) watching your submissions roll in for our upcoming Food issue! In the spirit of the food theme, we put together this collection of Roomies’ favourite cookbooks for writers. These books all feature recipes, but also...

Room at AWP Conference in L.A.

Room at AWP Conference in L.A.

Come find us at the AWP Conference in Los Angeles March 30–April 2. Say "hi" at our booth, or drop by for our book (or magazine) signings with Ayelet Tsabari and Doretta Lau. If you're going to the AWP Conference held in Los Angeles (March 30–April 2) this year, drop...

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Room

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Room

Come celebrate International Women’s Day with Room at the beautiful Joy Kogawa House in South Vancouver. Come celebrate International Women’s Day with Room at the beautiful Joy Kogawa House in South Vancouver. We’ll be launching Room issue 38.4, Fieldwork. The...

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