Peppermint white chocolate mochas have usurped pumpkin spice lattes for the season. Holiday music has been spilling from retail outlets since at least November. Drivers are flipping their best Christmas gestures, cashiers are saying "Happy Holidays" through clenched teeth, and we only have ten more days to find the perfect present for that loved one … Continue reading A little not-so-Christmas story list
Write to the End…
The McLuhan House Book Club Writer and publisher, Jason Lee Norman, from Edmonton is The McLuhan House Book Club featured reader for December . He is the editor of two 40 Below anthologies and has also created the publishing imprint Monto Books that released three books in 2017, included the ambitious Project Compass, a novel … Continue reading Write to the End…
Write Away
We try to host a creative writing workshop at least once a month. Nothing too serious, but it gives the writers in our neighbourhood a chance to gather and do a little free writing. We get out of our heads (and any current piece we might be working on or struggling with) and use writing … Continue reading Write Away
Write Your Holiday Stress Away
Writers are well acquainted with stress. We write it, live it, love it, haaaate it. Great ideas fade to black when our fingers aren't quick enough, deadlines loom, rejections fill our inbox, the occasional computer system overload and crash. It ain't fun and yet it is. We are a complicated group. We would wither to … Continue reading Write Your Holiday Stress Away
A Night and Darkness Reading List
In this part of the world, mid-November means winter has settled in for a long stay. It also means daylight is making itself scarce. For example, on this particular day—November 18—the sun rose here at 8:06 a.m. and set at 4:32 p.m. A little over eight hours of light. A month from now, it’ll be … Continue reading A Night and Darkness Reading List
October Events
Once again, autumn is here, and with the changing leaves and suddenly too-frigid temperatures the Bolo Tie Collective is gearing up for the new academic year. And that means events and happenings for the month of October. Early October: Volume IV Call for Submissions Submissions are now open for the next volume of our anthology. … Continue reading October Events
End of Term Update
Hello, folks. It being that time of year again--up from dawn to dusk, finishing final papers and assignments as the term draws to a close--the blog is on a bit of a break at the moment. We will be back in a couple of weeks with fun news on the upcoming Royal Bison Art and … Continue reading End of Term Update
Q&A with Jason Norman
On February 27, Jason dropped by to give an informative guest talk on writing in Edmonton and opportunities for young or emerging writers. As a follow-up, we asked him a few questions about making it as a writer up here. BTC: While talking about the 40 Below anthologies, you mentioned that Edmontonians tend to get behind … Continue reading Q&A with Jason Norman
A Pride Week Reading List
In celebration of Pride Week (March 12-16) at MacEwan, we've put together a reading list of books with LGBT characters, content, and themes. It's by no means exhaustive or authoritative--there's plenty out there to choose from--but the books below should bring some reading joy as winter slowly gives way to spring. Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae … Continue reading A Pride Week Reading List
YEG Lit: March Events
Somehow it's March already. With just over a month to go until the end of the school year, it's tempting to sit here and wonder where the time went. Eight months when you're a kid seem to take forever to pass; not so, when you're busy adulting. Then again, when we think back to September … Continue reading YEG Lit: March Events
