We are so excited to announce the 2023 Fiction Contest shortlist! Many thanks, again, to all those who entered, and to our wonderful judge, Heather O'Neill, for her care and consideration with the longlisted works. Congratulations to these five writers! ----- Room...
Session 3 of Earthseed Book Club focused on the Emergent Strategy principles of Interdependence & Resilience. These principles go hand-in-hand; through mutual reliance and authentic relationships, we are better able to be resilient and adapt to changing...
We are so excited to announce the longlist for our 2023 Fiction Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for selecting our longlist. These submissions are now up for consideration by our judge, Heather O'Neill. A big congratulations to these talented...
With ROOM issue 47.1 UTOPIA open for submissions, some of our editorial team for this issue sat down to discuss our thoughts on utopias and what they mean to us. But utopia(s) are nebulous, contested subjects, realms, times.
Join Room Mag on Zoom to celebrate the launch of issue 46.2 with literary readings on decay, transformation, & crossroads on Thursday, July 13th at 6pm PST. [button...
Ruby Red Skies By Taslim Burkowicz Roseway Publishing 364 Pages, $24.00 In Ruby Red Skies, Taslim Burkowicz’s third novel, the destinies of Ruby and Rubina—two women separated by four centuries of history but united by an eternal quest for love and...
Trailer Park Shakes By Justene Dion-Glowa Brick Books 96 pages, $24 Justene Dion-Glowa’s first full-length poetry book, Trailer Park Shakes, considers how one finds strength in grieving a lifetime of injustice, poverty, trauma, family violence, and the loss of a...
brat By Sophie Crocker Gordon Hill Press 76 pages, $20 Mythic, chaotic, and fiercely funny, Sophie Crocker’s brat is an anthology of lovers and creatures, intimate self-portraits, and candid observations about life and the world. From rat kings, riot dogs, and...
Pacifique By Sarah L. Taggart Coach House Books 224 pages, $24 Where does the truth lie when the stigma of madness casts doubts on a story? In Sarah L. Taggart’s debut novel Pacifique, Taggart examines love, but more importantly, the complexities of mental illness...
Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood By Hilary Peach Anvil Press 314 pages, $22.00 Tender-hearted, unflinching, and clever, Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood explores poet Hillary Peach’s twenty-year career as a transient...
ROOM 49.3 NO CANADA
In the new era of CanCon, as feminists and writers it is our task to reject this Canadian exceptionalism, this too-comfortable back-patting. How can we begin to imagine alternative arts economies, Indigenous economies around art, that start with treaty, that align with BDS? What art, what literature, would such a system free us to create?
Seeking members who love literature, events, merchandise, and supporting marginalized creators.
No Canada | 49.3
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Science | 49.2
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No Future For Who? | 49.1
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REST/UNREST | 48.3
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Travellers | 48.2
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Wits End | 48.1
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Full Circle | 47.4
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Bodies | 47.3
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Seedpod | 47.2
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Utopia | 47.1
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