#WOTSAuthorChat with Joanne Vannicola
The following is a transcript of a twitter thread with @joannevannicola discussing the crafting of and reactions to their memoir All We Knew But Couldn’t Say, edited for maximum blog-readability. If you would like to interact with the thread on Twitter, click here: Jo Vannicola Author Chat WOTS: Thanks for taking the time to chat […]
#WOTSAuthorChat with Casey Plett
This month’s pick is Little Fish by Casey Plett – since its publication in Spring 2018, it has gone on to win the Amazon First Novel Award, a Lambda Literary Award, and has been nominated for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Writers. Casey Plett is the author […]
#WOTSauthorchat with Tasha Spillett & Natasha Donovan
The following is a transcript of a twitter chat with the authors on June 21st, 2019 edited for maximum blog readability. To interact with this conversation on twitter, click here. We had the chance to chat with author Tasha Spillett and illustrator Natasha Donovan on their new graphic novel Surviving The City, which follows two […]
#WOTSAuthorChat with Téa Mutonji
The following is a transcript of a twitter thread with @teamutonji about her debut story collection Shut Up You’re Pretty, edited for maximum blog-readability. If you would like to interact with the thread on Twitter, click here: Téa Author Chat WOTS: Hi Téa! It’s great to chat with you! We had a great time at […]
#WOTSauthorchat with Adrian De Leon
This is a simplified transcript of our twitter chat with author Adrian De Leon on April 18th, 2019, edited for blog readability. To interact with the twitter version instead, click here: WOTS: Welcome to our April #WOTSauthorchat with @aadeleon! We’ll be discussing Adrian’s poetic meditations on the city’s east end structured by Toronto’s fabled […]
#WOTSauthorchat with Joshua Kloke
This is a simplified transcript of our twitter chat with author Joshua Kloke on March 20th, 2019, edited for blog readability. To interact with the twitter version instead, click here: https://goo.gl/NxFm7z WOTS: As a journalist you cover sports and music for a variety of top publications – were these always topics of interest for […]
#WOTSauthorchat with Randy Boyagoda
This is a simplified transcript of our twitter chat with author Randy Boyagoda on February 15th, 2019, edited for blog readability. To interact with the twitter version instead, click here: https://goo.gl/1TmGMu WOTS: Original Prin is your third novel, which sits at the top of a long list of academic publishing credits. As a professor of […]
#WOTStalks with Steven Beattie
At our 2018 festival, The Word On The Street hosted seven great panels of magazines professionals on our Careers in Canadian Magazines stage. Here on the WOTS Blog, we will sit down with some of our esteemed panelists to get an in-depth view on their role in Canada’s magazine industry. WOTS: Welcome to the […]
In Review – The Grimoire of Kensington Market
This January, we asked WOTS fans help us celebrate our first Book of the Month pick: The Grimoire of Kensington Market by Lauren B. Davis. Hear from two happy readers of Lauren’s new book, below: Mary Ellen Crowe – My favourite books have always involved a journey, reluctantly taken, by an underestimated heroine. Dorothy and […]
#WOTStalks with John Montgomery
At our 2018 festival, The Word On The Street hosted seven great panels of magazines professionals on our Careers in Canadian Magazines stage. Over the next few weeks we will sit down with some of our esteemed panelists to get an in-depth view on their role in Canada’s magazine industry. WOTS: Welcome to the […]