Basile Morin, close-up photograph of swan feathers letting sunlight through, via Wikimedia Commons . Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED . For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. Nadja Küchenmeister’s “ feathers and planets ,” translated by Aimee Chor, appears in […]
You might think that writing is only for authors or people who earn a living with their words. That’s not true. Writing is for anyone who needs to focus. Writing is a tool. One of the ways you can use writing is as a way to improve your focus and productivity. Imagine getting fired (or […]
It may be fun to wax lyrical about the nostalgic days of click-clacking away at a typewriter or scrawling your novel into a leather-bound journal, but those romantic ideals are impractical for the modern-day writer. Nowadays, a writer’s laptop is their best friend. Like any best friend, a good laptop should be there for you […]
Michelle Poirier Brown was shortlisted for the Federation of B.C. Writers poetry contest in 2023 Michelle Poirier Brown has been amazed by the writing community in the Okanagan since she moved to Vernon from Victoria Jan. 1, 2022. Her poem, Barefoot in the Salish Sea, was shortlisted for a 2023 Federation of BC Writers Award. […]
