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“The generation coming up has it together, so I think we’re in good hands.”

That’s the thing about writing- you have to love the process, the act itself, or there’s no point in bothering at all.

“I use poetry to push social boundaries, to explore new landscapes, and to humanize the experience of being an Indigenous trans woman.”

“There was never a time where I wasn’t writing little stories and forcing my family members to read them.”

Amanda Leduc is an essayist and novellist who has lived across the UK and Canada. Born in British Columbia and raised in Ontario, she set off to pursue an MFA at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews, ultimately returning to Canada and settling in Hamilton, where she works and runs a bi-monthly reading series, the Steeltown… Read More »

The International Festival of Authors kicks off this Thursday, bringing some of the best Canadian and International literary talent to Harbourfront Centre. Over the next eleven days, you can be challenged, transported, intrigued and enraged by the power of the written word. Here are some of the events we’re most excited about. Polarities Isabel Greenberg reads from… Read More »