The Wednesday interview

Reading time: About 2 minutes Wayne Ng says the biggest obstacles to most writers are internal ones — largely the fear of rejection and public ridicule. “Explore this,” he says. “We all have it.” Wayne Ng is a child of Chinese immigrants born in Anishinabe territory in what is commonly […]

Reading time: About 2 minutes A desire to connect the words and ideas in her head to the heads of others is the most powerful incentive that Shari Graydon has ever known… Shari Graydon has written newspaper columns, broadcast commentary and political speeches. Her best-selling, award-winning media literacy books for youth

Reading time: About 4 minutes Early in her writing career, Danila Botha says she didn’t realize how many full in-depth drafts would be required before a book was ready to be published.  Danila Botha is the author of three critically acclaimed short story collections, Got No Secrets and For All

Reading time: About 2 minutes Jessica Scroggins says she’s accepted the idea that it’s okay to have a bad first draft. But to do that, she needs to overcome the desire to edit WHILE she writes…. Jessica Scroggins began screenwriting while working in film production and marketing. Her projects have

Reading time: About 2 minutes Christina Myers says the “one more task first” is the biggest stumbling block she faces with her writing… Christina Myers is a writer, editor, former journalist, and the author of Halfway Home: Thoughts from Midlife (2024, House of Anansi) and The List of Last Chances

Reading time: About 2 minutes Chelsey Dyck says she was surprised to discover how slow the writing process could be. But speaking with other writers has helped her to create a new timeline. And deadlines help…. Chelsey Dyck is a Mennonite writer living in East Vancouver with her cats. She

Reading time: About 2 minutes Caroline Dohack says she uses the same strategies she employs as a runner in order to encourage herself to write…. Caroline Dohack is a journalist who covers culture, technology and business. She also is an adjunct professor with the Stephens College fashion program in Columbia,

Reading time: About 2 minutes Erin MacNair has had her stories published in The Baffler, The Walrus, Prairie Fire, subTerrain and others. She’s finished writing a collection of literary, speculative fiction short stories and is working on a novel. She lives in North Vancouver. I was excited to talk to

Reading time: About 2 minutes Carmen Farrell believes that inspiration doesn’t come out of nowhere. Instead, it’s the byproduct of hard work…. Carmen Farrell is a force behind community initiatives for the neurodiverse: para-athlete opportunities for high schoolers, learning-to-work programs at university, and playground inclusion groups in elementary school. Her

Reading time: About 2 minutes Writer Tara McGuire loves revising, which she calls “collaging” and finds that writing a first draft is “the worst”… Tara McGuire’s first book, Holden After & Before — Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose, a hybrid work in memoir and fiction (Arsenal Pulp