Open Book Toronto

This October, Coach House author Dorothy Ellen Palmer (When Fenelon Falls) is the Writer in Residence at Open Book Toronto. Throughout the month, Palmer will be blogging about writing and reading, interviewing authors and reporting on the International Festival of Authors among other things.

This spring, Toronto high-school students from two Writer's Craft classes conducted interviews with some of Canada's finest poets. The interviews will be posted on The Great Canadian Writer's Craft page on Open Book Toronto in June and July 2011.

Recently, a student, Rachel, interviewed Gary Barwin (The Porcupinity of the Stars):

At Open Book Toronto, writer-in-residence Jeff Latosik (Tiny, Frantic, Stronger) talked with a.rawlings on March 22, 2011. In this interview, Latosik catches up with a.rawlings and discusses her debut book Wide slumber for lepidopterists and some of many interests, including volcanoes, interdisciplinary arts and turntabling.

Here's a sample:

Jeramy Dodds (Crabwise to the Hounds) is interviewed by Open Book: Toronto for their Trillium Finalist Series. Visit the site to enter a contest for an Ontario Authors Prizepack, which includes the nine English-language Trillium-nominated books. The 22nd Annual Trillium Award winners are announced on June 16, 2009.

From the interview:

With stops in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa, it is n

Open Book Toronto interviews Margaret Christakos just in time for the Toronto launch of her new poetry collection, What Stirs, on November 6 at David Mirvish Books.

Read what Christakos has to say about the writing process, her influences and her latest project:

Coach House Books talks to filmmaker and author Mike Hoolboom about his new novel, The Steve Machine. Visit Open Book Toronto at the link below to read Hoolboom's thoughts on making the leap from film to fiction and how a book can allow transcendence (or at least a 'consoling quietude.')<!--newline--><!--newline-->http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/coach_house_books_asks_mike_hoolboom_few_things_about_steve_machine

How much does Alexander Herman dislike concrete architecture? You can read for yourself how much in his article on Open Book Toronto. He likes, the book, though ...<!--newline--><!--newline-->http://www.openbooktoronto.com/kickstart/blog/city_concrete<!--newline--><!--newline-->The City of Concrete<!--newline--><!--newline-->What does Toronto stand for? Well, it's a good question and one that I imagine has bugged more than a few contributors to this site.