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Kate Braid, Room’s 2016 CNF Contest Judge [Deadline Mar 15]

Kate Braid, Room’s 2016 CNF Contest Judge [Deadline Mar 15]

A great piece of CNF grabs me by the heart and the gut (is there a difference?) from the start and holds me tight to the end. It makes me laugh or cry or better, both. You’re a poet and a CNF writer. What is your process for writing creative non-fiction work? Does it...

Room in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel

Room in Conversation with Eleanor Wachtel

An interview with the host of CBC's Writers & Company and former Room Collective member Eleanor Wachtel. Originally published in issue 35.4 "Labours." Eleanor Wachtel is the voice of Canadian literature on Writers & Company as heard on CBC radio—a show that in...

#LitMagLove: Rachna Contractor from Plenitude Magazine

#LitMagLove: Rachna Contractor from Plenitude Magazine

All about the queer lit mag's book reviews. #LitMagLove: Rachna Contractor from Plenitude MagazineAs part of our ongoing series, #LitMagLove, Room’s Leah Golob interviewed Plenitude’s Reviews Editor about the queer literary magazine’s reviews section.How did you get...

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Submissions to Canadian Gothic are open until January 31, 2016. Leah Golob is a full-time reporter and freelance book critic. Her writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver Observer, and trade publications. She...

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Submissions to Canadian Gothic are open until January 31, 2016. Leah Golob is a full-time reporter and freelance book critic. Her writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver Observer, and trade publications. She...

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Submissions to Canadian Gothic are open until January 31, 2016. Leah Golob is a full-time reporter and freelance book critic. Her writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver Observer, and trade publications. She...

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Interview with Canadian Gothic Editor Leah Golob

Submissions to Canadian Gothic are open until January 31, 2016. Leah Golob is a full-time reporter and freelance book critic. Her writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Georgia Straight, Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver Observer, and trade publications. She...

Jónína Kirton on her Viral Post: 14 Aboriginal Women Writers

Jónína Kirton on her Viral Post: 14 Aboriginal Women Writers

Our most-visited website post of 2015, by far. Our top website post this year, by far, was a list produced by our editorial board member Jónína Kirton of fourteen Aboriginal women writers she wanted to share with our web readers. The list caught on and was shared...

#LitMagLove: Pamela Mulloy from TNQ

#LitMagLove: Pamela Mulloy from TNQ

Rachel Thompson spoke with Pamela Mulloy all about TNQ's reading and submissions, and got her advice for writers who want to publish in the magazine. As part of our ongoing series, #LitMagLove, Room's Rachel Thompson spoke with The New Quarterly's Pamela Mulloy about...

Harsha Walia: On the Principles of DIY Activism

Harsha Walia: On the Principles of DIY Activism

Trained as a lawyer, Walia also co-founded No One Is Illegal (NOII), a group that supports migrants facing detention, deportation, and other human rights abuses in Canada. Originally published in Room Issue 38.3 (September 2015) If you’re involved in social...

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