Date: Wednesday, Feb 19, 2014 Time: 8pm ET Topic: Becoming a Canadian publishing professional Use the #DiverseCanLit tag to follow along on Twitter (or TweetChat). Last week we talked about poetry and how it can be more inclusive. This week we’ll talk about the path to becoming a Canadian publishing professional and the obstacles that… Read Post
Publishing
Jan 8: Welcome to #DiverseCanLit Chat!
Date: Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014 Time: 8pm ET Topic: Welcome to DiverseCanLit Chat! Use the #DiverseCanLit chat to follow along on Twitter (or TweetChat). This week will be our chance to get to know each other and to get some introductory information out of the way. This will be the opportunity to ask those “101”… Read Post
Announcing #DiverseCanLit Chat!
I blog and tweet about diversity fairly often but I’ve found it difficult to build momentum. This is probably because my tweets and posts are reactionary: something at work or in my own reading triggers a thought and I give a “stream of consciousness” response. But DiverseCanLit needs and deserve a more consistent and organized… Read Post
#DiverseCanLit: A Lit Wish From Léonicka Valcius
[This article was originally published at The 49th Shelf] Diverse CanLit: A Lit Wish From Léonicka Valcius I only discovered CanLit two years ago. Though I was born in Montreal, I grew up in the US. The only exposure I had to Canadian literature was reading The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (still one… Read Post