This International Women's Day, Room had much to celebrate: our 35th volume! We gathered at Joy Kogawa House and were treated to some fantastic readings by authors we recently published. Read Jennifer Irvine's review of the evening on her blog.
Send us your best work! Submissions to our 2014 annual contest are open until Aug. 1, 2014 at midnight. Categories: Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction PrizesPer categoryFirst prize: $500 + publication in RoomSecond prize: $250 +...
Rebecca Rosenblum's short story "How to Keep Your Day Job," (issue 32.4) was published in the National Post Fall Fiction (http://tinyurl.com/3q6qske). It also features in her new book, The Big Dream, which launches Sept 22nd. We're so happy we could be part of the...
April is shaping up to be a busy month at Room magazine with much to celebrate:Two stories from Room issue 33.4 All of Us Sacred have been selected to appear in the twenty-third anthology of the Journey Prize Stories. Congratulations go out to Fran Kimmel for "Laundry...
An interview with travel writer Maria Coffey. Maria Coffey has written eight internationally published travel books and four books for children. Her most recent, Explorers of the Infinite (2008 Tarcher/ Penguin), focuses on extreme athletes and the spiritual...
BC Association of Magazine Publishers press release - May 28, 2007The BC Association of Magazine Publishers (BCAMP) is happy to announce that Lisa Manfield has been chosen as B.C. Volunteer of the Year Award. Lisa has contributed enormously to the Canadian magazine...
This year, Room has a lot to celebrate—the premier Canadian journal of female writing and art is turning 30!To commemorate this momentous milestone, we shortened our name (from Room of One's Own to, simply, Room), updated our look, added new editorial features, and of...
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ROOM 49.2 SCIENCE
I hope this issue makes you curious and furious, leads to 2 a.m. Wikipedia rabbit holes, fulfills urges to seek out knowledge-keepers. Quickly or slowly, dive in: -ologies of all varieties await you.
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In Room Magazine 49.1 No Future for Who?, we are really asking. We are coming in hot. We are causing a scene. We are being unreasonable. We are not fucking around. We are not taking “no” for an answer. “No” is the only word we still know. For who? For who? No.
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