Maria Saba (National Capital Region chapter), an Ottawa-based writer, Storyteller, and arts educator born and raised in Iran, has published three books of nonfiction (in Farsi) and over a hundred articles, essays, interviews, and stories. “My First Friend”, her short story published in Scoundrel Time, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and won the Editor’s…
Lucian Childs (Toronto chapter) has had his debut novel-in-stories, Dreaming Home (Biblioasis), favorably reviewed in The New York Times. Kia Corthron calls the book “…eminently accomplished, [and] often deliciously droll.” The review appeared in print in the book review supplement and is available online now for subscribers. This comes on top of favorable reviews in Canada’s two top…
Melanie Marttila (Member-at-Large) is pleased to announce the publication of three of her poems in The /tεmz/ Review, Issue 28, Summer 2024. She was also honoured to be part of the literary lineup for Wordstock 2024 Festival. Melanie and Kelsey Borgford were in the “Poetry Primer”, moderated by Sudbury’s current poet laureate, Alex Tétreault, on…