Elizabeth Stelling, poet and editor of Zombie Poetry ezine, attended the annual Association of Writer and Writing Programs conference in Boston this spring. Below she gives us an inside view of the experience and insight regarding the reason for it’s existence and what can be gained by attending. This is a must read for [...]
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AUGUST INTERVIEW: AWARD WINNING AUTHOR KATHLEEN WINTER
August 20th, 2012 
Administrator The bleak and unforgiving Labrador wilderness in Canada is as much a place of subtle change as it is fierce rigidity; it is a contradiction of a land defining its people, the people’s survival depending on their ability to adapt to the land. It is [...]
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No Comments »JULY 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW: TINY TOE/OPEN END PRESS
July 5th, 2012 Administrator Small presses have always existed in one form or another providing opportunities for talented writers to cut their teeth and create a reputation within the industry while developing a readership.
JUNE FEATURE INTERVIEW: MUSIC ICON AND PIONEER CAROLE POPE
June 1st, 2012 Administrator In all areas of endeavour, but most especially in the arts there are pioneers who embrace the daunting task of fearlessly laying the foundation of creative change. Carole Pope is one of these pioneers.
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MAY FEATURE INTERVIEW: POET YAHIA LABABIDI
May 1st, 2012 Administrator Award nominated Poet Yahia Lababidi shares his thoughts and feelings about the creative process, the role of an artist in society and his recently published collection of poems: Fever Dreams with Val B. Russell
MAY 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW : PHOTOGRAPHER ACHIM KOERFER
May 1st, 2012 Administrator Achim Koerfer is an artist rich in talent, a passion glowing through his own multi layered images, photography experimental in design. Interwoven are images from his latest project focusing on time and the Maya calendar, more of which can be seen via the link [...]
APRIL FEATURE INTERVIEW: WORLD VISION
April 1st, 2012 Administrator Jean Jacques Rousseau said “Childhood is the sleep of reason.” There can be no doubt as to the veracity of his statement. Indeed, children are immediate and live within the moment. They see with a clarity that startles, a clarity we shed along with our innocence when we cross the [...]
APRIL 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW
April 1st, 2012 Administrator Susan Penhaligon has enjoyed a long, successful and fulfilling career as an actress. Always a maverick with a restless creative bent, her choices reflect an urgency to explore new territory and to challenge herself
MARCH 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW : FILM DIRECTOR MARCUS MARKOU
March 1st, 2012 Administrator This month’s interview is with independent film maker Marcus Markou, fresh from completing his debut feature‘Papadopoulos and Sons’, to be seen later this year.
FEBRUARY 7 QUESTIONS INTERVIEW: SINGER/SONGWRITER TARYN LARONGE
February 1st, 2012 Administrator Singer/songwriter Taryn Laronge is not only walking the musical footsteps of pioneers like Tori Amos, Sarah Mclachlan and Joni Mitchell, but she is also making some big ones of her own.
