Gatherings | Issue 26
The FOLD is here. Check out events by SMLTA contributors Jen Sookfong Lee, Susan Mockler, and Sheila Murray.
Sad to hear about the passing of Gordon Lightfoot.
CACONRAD READS THE BOOK OF FRANK 30Th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION MAY 6 7PM SPADINA THEATRE ADV TKTS $20: knife | fork | book
The 2023 Writers Strike for Dummies, Vulture
Hot Writing Tips from Brandon Taylor
Another Story Bookshop May Events
10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing
Call for Poetry Submissions to Anthology - Woman, Life, Freedom: Iran, Editors: Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom
I just finished The Country Life (1999) by Rachel Cusk. It’s a strange and hilarious satire set in rural Sussex.
Does art about abuse need to make us comfortable? by Alicia Elliott, CBC
Sacha Archer “Four Sheets”
How Republican lawmakers are using custody threats to eliminate gender-affirming care for trans kids, Extra
Rabbits by David Lynch. Not sure how I stumbled on this, but it’s great!
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