… for ReLit and BMO Winterset awards; and many other pieces of short fiction and creative nonfiction. His second novel is in progress. Martin earned a doctorate in English language and literature at Memorial University of Newfoundland, a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Toronto,
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This is not about the death of the physical book or independent bookselling. There will always be books printed and those who love to devour their pages. And there will always be independent bookstores fighting to shine a light on the wonderful treasure trove of books published each season that might
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“There's an old cliché in Creative Writing 101 that the more specific you get, the more universal you get,” he said. “Anton Checkov might be describing the life of a shoemaker in a blizzard, and you can't relate to that experience — but you can relate to experiencing the passage of time, and wishing that
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Since 2011, Laird and his wife Beth Laird have partnered up to steer the artistic wheel behind Creative Nation, one of the most successful publishing companies in town with rights to compositions from writers such as Laird, Barry Dean and Natalie Hemby. But Creative Nation is much more than simply a
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