Winter, 2016–2017
Instinct
Alexandra Leggat’s Two Wolves Press.
Summer, 2016
Canada’s Greatest Cartoonist
Lou Skuce’s charmed and versatile career.
Summer, 2015
Going With the Flow
The eclectic music of Petunia.
Winter, 2014–2015
Special Delivery
Owl’s Karen Sullivan-Cooke keeps another generation interested in the art of letter-writing.
Summer, 2014
Subways, Buses, and Streetcars
While other kids play video games, Cole Fleming rides the rails and explores his city.
Winter, 2013–2014
Round 2
No matter how many chairs are thrown at him, Nathaniel G. Moore won’t let his shoulder touch the mat.
Summer, 2013
Blood Thicker Than Honey Water
Saleema Nawaz expands the universe of two early creations in her debut novel, Bone and Bread.
Winter, 2012–2013
Formative Obsessions
What happens when a twelve-year-old girl gets hold of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Summer, 2012
Backstory
Everyday objects trigger inspiration for the author Lauren Kirshner.
Christmas, 2011
Stranded in the Jungle
For fourteen years, Flipped Out Phil restored the sanctity of the radio D.J. across Montreal’s airwaves.
Summer, 2011
A Change of Direction
The poet Evie Christie discusses her first novel and trying her hand at writing for the stage.
Christmas, 2010
Comic Therapy
Dave Lapp revisits a dark time with the collected publication of Children of the Atom.
Summer, 2010
His Own Private Shangri-La
By following his own path, Lee Henderson has emerged as the freshest voice in CanLit.
Christmas, 2009
Toronto’s Lady Santa Claus
Merle Foster’s studio wasn’t a toy shop, but it was still magical to the children of the Ward.
Halloween, 2008
Sleight of Mind
A Ph.D. in E.S.P. has treated the local illusionist Mysterion better than an M.B.A.
Summer, 2008
The Suffering Trickster
R. M. Vaughan’s Troubled adventures.
Christmas, 2007
Everywhere and Nowhere
Hal Niedzviecki—Canada’s self-defined indie guru—faces adulthood, fatherhood, and a growing generation gap.
Summer, 2007
Surviving Suburbia
Elyse Friedman followed her lucky star to a successful career as an author, poet, screenwriter, and, maybe someday, artist.