Interview

An extended version of our RoomMate profile of Bonnie Nish from Room 38.2. Meet Bonnie Nish, founder and Executive Director of Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society, and editorial board member at Room.ROOM: Tell us about your book, Love and Bones. What was your...

An interview with our 2014 fiction contest winner, Lisa McLean. Lisa McLean is a freelance writer and communications professional specializing in agriculture. Her short fiction has appeared in The Antigonish Review and This Magazine. She lives in...

Lauren Carter is the author of the poetry collection Lichen Bright and the novel Swarm. Her poem, “Island Clearances”, won Room's 2014 poetry contest, judged by Sonnet L’Abbé. Lauren Carter is the author of the poetry collection Lichen Bright and the novel Swarm,...

An interview with author, poet, activist, and educator Carmen Rodríguez, originally published in Room 38.1 In Translation. Author, poet, activist, and educator Carmen Rodríguez was born in Chile and moved to Vancouver after the Chilean Coup of 1973. Her writing is...

From issue 37.4 Claiming Space, Room editor Christina Cooke talks with poet Cecily Nicholson. From Issue 37.4 Claiming Space, December 2014Cecily Nicholson’s work, both creative and social, engages conditions of displacement, class, and gender violence. She is the...

Room editorial board member and Pandora's Collective executive director Bonnie Nish interviews Chelene Knight about her debut book of poetry, Braided Skin. Chelene Knight was born in Vancouver and is a graduate of The Writer’s Studio at SFU. She has been published in...

Poet Lucas Crawford (published in Room issue 37.2 Expanding The Voice) talks with Room editor Bonnie Nish about transgender literature, writing, and his recent appointment as CWILA's 2015 Critic In Residence. Poet Lucas Crawford (published in Room issue...

Roomie Terri Brandmueller asks Taryn Hubbard a few questions about writing, poetry, and working with Room. Taryn is editing our upcoming issue, 38.4 (December 2015). Roomie Terri Brandmueller asks Taryn Hubbard a few questions about writing, poetry, and working...

We talk to the founder of QueerofGender, Lynx Sainte-Marie about black history month, being a writer of colour, and more. ROOM: February is Black History Month, and we want to know, what does Black History Month mean to you and what do you want people to know about...

Room editor Lindsay Glauser Kwan asks Montreal-based artist Sandra Chevrier (cover of issue 37.3 "Geek Girls") a few questions about her work. Room editor Lindsay Glauser Kwan asks Sandra Chevrier, the cover artist of issue 37.3 "Geek Girls" a few questions about...