

Review: "Lyrical but keen-eyed"
Montreal Review of Books, by Danielle Barkley Early in Leila Marshy’s novel The Philistine, the protagonist, Nadia, abruptly declines to...
Mar 24, 2018


Q&A: "It's like being a singer-songwriter opening for the Beatles."
Q&A with Linda Leith at Salon. Linda Leith: You’ve been working in the literary milieu here in Montreal for many years. Tell me a bit...
Mar 21, 2018
Review: "Superior writer of fiction"
Ottawa Review of Books, by Ian Thomas Shaw Leila Marshy's The Philistine is a rich portrayal of two young women's passionate love affair...
Mar 4, 2018


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Jan 24, 2018


The Philistine happened
I wrote a novel and said novel is being published. It will be out in the Spring 2018. This is an event in my life that is so massive, so...
Nov 17, 2017


Giving space
I was interviewed by Gideon Strauss of Convivium.ca for this article found here. “Something [Outremont borough counselor] Mindy Pollak’s...
Feb 24, 2017


Outremont’s Own Hate Problem: Incitement Masquerading as Journalism
We are, as the Chinese proverb warns, living in interesting times. The recent election in the US seems to have bequeathed a worldwide...
Feb 6, 2017


So long, and thanks for all the responsibility
Science fiction taught me everything I know about the world. As a kid in the 70s I was addicted to 1950s B-movies. They played late at...
Dec 4, 2016


The Proper Ting
This story was recently published in The Galleon , a literary journal out of Moncton, NB. The Proper Ting A little girl saw it first....
Jan 20, 2016


Mother, you had me
This is the third in a series of short films made from found footage. The footage belongs to Kathryn Harvey. I digitized it for her in...
Jan 20, 2016


The Plow
This story was recently published in The Danforth Review . It's the third of my stories they've taken. Makes me happy yes it does. Here...
Jan 18, 2016


Fifty trees of Montreal
April is a mocking month. Makes me think of lush trees and Bronwyn Chester, variegated trees and Bronwyn Chester, unique trees with...
Apr 15, 2015


CBC In The Field
David Guttnick of CBC Radio joined Mindy Pollak and I last year on a few outings. He was fascinated by our friendship. I suppose in...
Mar 8, 2015


Wasting my young years
Years ago Kathryn dug up a box of old super-8 film from her childhood. She had an inkling of what was in there but hadn't seen any of the...
Feb 9, 2015
















