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14 Feminist Films of 2014

With 2014 about to wrap up, here's a list of 14 feminist (and women or non-binary directed) films from 2014, including Appropriate Behavior, The Babadook, Beyond The Lights, Obvious Child, and more! With 2014 about to wrap up, here's a list of 14 feminist (and women...

14 Feminist Books of 2014

14 Feminist Books of 2014

From poetry and fiction to essays and memoir, 2014 was a stellar year for chroniclers of the rich tapestry of female experience. These award-winning books touch specifically on issues of gender inequality, identity politics, social injustice, sexual awakening and...

Guest Post: Remembrance Doesn’t Have a Gender

Guest Post: Remembrance Doesn’t Have a Gender

Guest Post for Remembrance Day by Kelly S. Thompson: I often reflect back on my own service during this time of year, thinking of my friends and fellow comrades. Inevitably, my mind turns to the women I worked with, those fellow trailblazers, bravery-laden females who...

Najwa Ali, Featured Reader on Betsy Warland’s Oscar’s Salon

Najwa Ali, Featured Reader on Betsy Warland’s Oscar’s Salon

Najwa Ali's piece “Writing, In Transit” was selected by judge Betsy Warland for top prize for our 2013 creative non-fiction contest and was published in issue 37.2 Expanding the Voice. Now Betsy Warland has selected Najwa Ali as featured reader on Oscar’s Salon...

Catch Room at WORD Vancouver on Sept 28 in three different ways

Catch Room at WORD Vancouver on Sept 28 in three different ways

Room magazine is proud to be participating in the annual WORD Vancouver festival this year at Library Square on Sept. 28. This year we’ll be hosting our magazine table where we’ll have the current 37:3 Geek Girls issue and our fabulous back issues. At 12:20 p.m. poets...

Room at CCWWP this weekend

Room at CCWWP this weekend

Room magazine will be at the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Program’s annual conference this long weekend at UBC. The book fair runs Friday and Saturday, and is open to the public. Room magazine will be at the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Program’s...

Room at Toronto Indie Arts Market

Room at Toronto Indie Arts Market

Join Room at the Toronto Indie Arts Market Join Room at The Toronto Indie Arts Market for their Small Press & Literary Festival! 70 vendors of small press, zines, comics, magazines, books, chapbooks, paper goods and more take over the main floor of the...

Black History Month: Our Favourite Canadian Writers

In honour of Black History Month, Room highlights some amazing female black Canadian writers. We profile Dionne Brand, Esi Edugyan and others. In honour of Black History Month, Room highlights some amazing female black Canadian writers. This list is certainly not an...

#readwomen2014: 14 books to watch out for this year

To help you with your #readwomen2014 resolution, Room has compiled a list of fourteen books by Canadian women that we think you should pick up in 2014. #readwomen2014 (started by Joanna Walsh) has been trending for a few days now and several news sites have declared...

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