Fall 2024, Volume 45, No. 3

It's part one of our two-part "50 Over 50, Honouring Women Writers in Canada" series! In this issue you will find stories from our first twenty-five women, including Di Brandt, Marlene Grand Maître, Donna Besel, Dorothy Ellen Palmer, Lynn Hutchinson Lee, KC Adams, Margaret Sweatman, Rowan McCandless & many more!

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Launch Alert! 50 Over 50 Winnipeg Launch!

Join us for the Winnipeg Launch of 50 Over 50, Honouring Women Writers in Canada, Part One!

Tote Bag Fundraiser for 50 Over 50, Part One!

We're holding a fundraiser to help with the costs of this mega, two part issue! Please consider purchasing a tote bag, featuring artwork by KC Adams (who is also in the issue!) and the names of all of our contributors for the issue! For details and to purchase, click...

50 Over 50 Update, Updated

When we set out to do this issue, we had no idea of the response it would receive. We are pleased (and a little overwhelmed) to say we received OVER ELEVEN HUNDRED submissions to this issue. With this huge amount of writers, we have had to change the way we originally...

Summer Contest Issue is HERE!

Our summer contest issue is here! Time for a cold beverage, a hammock and some great reading! Snag a copy of the issue here: Summer Contest Issue
Fungal: Foraging In the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon

Fungal: Foraging In the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon

Ariel Gordon’s wonderful new book, Fungal; Foraging in the Urban Forest, isn’t about fungi or mushrooms or even foraging per se. It’s really about mushrooms as obsession, as metaphor and as a glorious pathway into the wonders of nature and the foibles of human nature....

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A brief relief from hunger by Spenser Smith

A brief relief from hunger by Spenser Smith

In his debut collection, A brief relief from hunger, Spenser Smith explores the edges of longing, revealing the immense human capacity for cruelty and care. On his journey toward acceptance and fulfillment, Smith’s speaker injects drugs, binges fast food, goes through...

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Tote Bag Fundraiser for 50 Over 50, Part One!

We're holding a fundraiser to help with the costs of this mega, two part issue! Please consider purchasing a tote bag, featuring artwork by KC Adams (who is also in the issue!) and the names of all of our contributors for the issue! For details and to purchase, click...

read more

50 Over 50 Update, Updated

When we set out to do this issue, we had no idea of the response it would receive. We are pleased (and a little overwhelmed) to say we received OVER ELEVEN HUNDRED submissions to this issue. With this huge amount of writers, we have had to change the way we originally...

read more