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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...

Our Top Posts of 2015

Our Top Posts of 2015

Aboriginal women writers, feminist films, great fiction, poetry, and CNF, interviews with authors and more... Aboriginal women writers, feminist films, great fiction and CNF, and interviews with authors and editors were popular reads on our website this year. Check...

Room Cancels Optional Submission Fees

At our AGM in early November, the 20 volunteer editorial board and staff members who govern Room decided to scrap the submission fee introduced ten months ago. Dear Writers:At our AGM in early November, the 20 volunteer editorial board and staff members who govern...

7 of Room Editors’ Favourite Comics

7 of Room Editors’ Favourite Comics

Comics and graphic novels hit the sweet sweet spot between art and literature. Here, Room editors share a few of our favourites. If you are new to Room, you might not be aware that we publish visual art in all our issues and on our covers (see our Cover Art Contest)....

8 Canadian Gothic Books To Inspire You For Our Next Themed Issue

From portraying families tormented by terrible secrets to hostile landscapes that forsake their inhabitants, our national writing isn’t afraid to get morbid, creepy or just plain weird—while still somehow maintaining a sense of humour. In no particular order, eight...

14 Aboriginal Women Writers to Read this Summer

14 Aboriginal Women Writers to Read this Summer

Room collective member Jónína Kirton shares her list of Canadian Aboriginal writers whose work she has either come to know and respect or that are on her "to read” list. I was both honoured and delighted when Room asked me to compile a list of Aboriginal women authors...

10 Writers on Our CNF Contest Shortlist

From 150 entrants, here are the 10 still in contention to win Congratulations to the shortlisted writers of Room's 2015 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Our thanks to more than 150 writers who submitted their work and to our judge, Ayelet Tsabari, who had to make the...

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