The Play’s the Thing
Any parent knows that watching offspring leave the nest unleashes a jumble of emotions: pride, relief, disbelief, grief, envy, nostalgia, apprehension. Sometimes abject terror. You […]
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Turning fact into non-fiction
At the age of 30, Jerome Stueart met his mother for the first time. It’s an unusual story, but not unique. So here’s the twist:
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Welcome to the “Big Word Party”
One night each month, the Baked Café in Whitehorse fills up with people clutching pieces of paper waiting their turn to stand in front of
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Giller prize winner attends Writers’ Festival
Giller Prize winner Elizabeth Hay is among five authors taking part in this year’s Yukon Writers’ Festival which starts April 30. The five writers will
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Simon says, Put your writing first
If you asked your spouse if you could take five years off work in order to devote your time to writing, what would they say?
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Make a Date on the Eighth for Authors on Eighth
DAWSON CITY If you’re a writer or a would-be writer and you’re struggling to knuckle down and fill a blank page, why not enter a
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Poets give ‘voice’ to women of the past
Nineteenth-century photographs of female lunatic asylum patients and Euripides’ play The Bacchae are the inspiration for two poets giving readings in Whitehorse at the end
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Nebula of novelists take the NaNoWriMo challenge
What do you call a group of novelists? A narrative of novelists? A nonsense? A nuance? A nebula? A collective name would come in handy,
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Serious About Comedy
“I’ve been told several times by lots of people that it ain’t going to happen overnight. It could take years and years.” Luke Roberts is
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The Play’s the Thing
If you’re one of the many Yukon writers currently trying to churn out 50,000 words within 30 days as part of National Novel Writing Month,
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Sled Dog Drives Plot for Yukon Novel
Inspiration comes to novelists in many ways, but not usually on four feet and with a pedigree. Even so, it was an Alaskan malamute who
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Northern Women Asked to Put it in Writing
Award-winning journalist, Carol Morin, wants to hear from Northern women. “What’s really important to me is, as women, we all encounter the same struggles,” said
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Getting Naked on the Page’: The Core of the Matter
Do you think there’s a writer hidden inside you, but you’ve no idea how to find them? Writer and life coach Vicki Pinkerton may be
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From Roundtable to Writers’ Group
If you’re new to the Yukon or to the world of writing and would like to set up a writers’ group, one way to do
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Storytelling Festival Is Finally Here
Maybe you thought you’d missed it but, actually, it hasn’t happened yet. The annual Yukon International Storytelling Festival is taking place later than usual this
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What Are You Afraid of?
Most writers would probably admit they want their work to end up on the printed page. But two local projects are giving those who enjoy
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Quantity Can Lead to Quality
“You know, we still don’t have to do this,” says Marcelle Dubé just after the digital voice recorder had been switched on. Dubé is a
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Harbour Offers Shelter to Yukon Writers
With some 140 Canadian book publishers to choose from, let alone those in other countries, it can be a challenge for a writer to decide
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This Publisher is Willing to Wait
Budding writers are often advised to put their writing away in a drawer and leave it there for anything between three days and three years
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Science Writers Gather Under the Midnight Sun
If you like writing about science, whether science fiction or science fact, you might want to keep May 24 to 27 free. This is when
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Father of Poet Sees Struggle Put to Words
A poem by Whitehorse resident Laurel Parry is to be aired on CBC Radio One during National Poetry Month. Parry is the winner of a
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Let Your Words Take Flight
Do you keep the poems and stories you write safely inside small yellow folders on your computer? Do you treat those folders like incubators, opening
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