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“For me writing is a human action, to insert oneself into the avalanche of time, to stand in the way of its movement. To record, to remember, and by recording, to alter.”
Each year, The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest celebrates poems shaped by moments of public and private significance. In On Occasion: Poems for…
Each year, The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest celebrates poems shaped by moments of public and private significance. In On Occasion: Poems for…
TNQ Nonfiction Editor, Lamees Al Ethari, catches up with renowned Canadian poet George Elliott Clarke in this exclusive interview. She asks how the Poets Breaking…
The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest! Winner Maria Giesbrecht “Sestina for Escape” Runner-Up Betsy…
The X Page: A Storytelling Workshop is a community arts initiative that connects women who are immigrants or refugees with artists who assist and mentor them in writing and performing their own stories.
WRITING ON THE LAND
A WILD WRITERS RETREAT | MAY 6 - MAY 10, 2026
Join Helen Humphreys, Pamela Mulloy, Susan Scott, and Andrew Westoll in this guided writing workshop for emerging and established writers.
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