

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


Anyhow in a corner: Interview with André Alexis
Can one still write about idyllic towns in idyllic southern Ontario peopled with archetypal characters who grapple with Faith, Love,...
Nov 30, 2014


Montreal Gazette: Sukkah battle
This OpEd was published in the Montreal Gazette (here) in response to conflicts yet again in Outremont. In 2011, Outremont councillor...
Nov 19, 2014


Nov 16, 2014


Outremont: where stating the obvious gets you in trouble
Apparently you’re not allowed to call a spade a spade in Outremont. When Christian Aubry was forcibly ejected by the Mayor from a recent...
Nov 13, 2014


Two states, one man
Jawdat Eid lives with his wife and two children in Nazareth, Israel. He has a Masters in Social Work, is a doctoral student in Education,...
Sep 22, 2014


la révolution not so tranquille
My October is one of the most politically audacious novels I have ever read, certainly for Canadian fiction. Claire Holden Rothman...
Aug 15, 2014


Donne-moi un break
Mathieu Murphy-Perron is a Montreal playwright, writer, photographer and activist. He also has a day job. Wait – nix that. Hehad a day...
May 23, 2014


They were promised the sea
Morocco is stunning: red mud villages rise out of the scraggy desert, the sky always azur blue, majestic Atlas mountains in the...
May 1, 2014
