“Thunder Bay allows me a life with sufficient white space
to let things resonate.”
Mary Frost, poet
“Need we feel shy about our small-town roots?
Margaret Laurence. Alistair MacLeod.
I rest that portion of my case.”
Joe Fiorito, columnist, memoirist, and novelist
“[I]t wasn’t simply my fascination with the north
that led to the writing; it was also that the writing
led to an ever-increasing
fascination with the north.”
Charles Wilkins, journalist and memoirist
The full conversation–including the pork chops–is in the soon-to-be-released issue of 807: a Northwestern Ontario Literary Review.
The launch party for the magazine will be Monday, July 6, at 7 p.m. at the Waverly Resource Library. Enjoy refreshments and readings from the magazine. NOWW members receive one free copy; additional copies are available for $8 each or two for $15.
Check back here, www.nowwwriters.org, starting July 7 to participate in the ongoing conversation about what Charlie calls the “hassles, advantages, rewards, and curses” of being a writer in or from our region.