A Special EXILE Evening at the home of Nona Macdonald Heaslip on Thursday, October, 19 • 1 Edmund Gate, Toronto • Attendance is limited to 80 people. RSVP required. Please email first to ensure availability on our Guest List: admin@exilequarterly.com • (Parking and TTC information at the end of this post) Join us from 5:30 […]
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An afternoon of five authors reading. Free Admission. 1:00-4:00 (kitchen opens at 1:00) – come early to enjoy a bite and drink and friendly conversation…Readings begin 2:15. Supermarket Restaurant: 268 Augusta Avenue, Toronto (in Kensington Market: half block south of College Street TTC). Kate Story launches her November collection of short fiction Ferry Back the Gifts. […]
Bawaajigan: Stories of PowerSeven AuthorsThree mini-sets of Live MusicFree Admission Join us for a Celebratory Book Launch at the Centre for Social Innovation720 Bathurst Street, Toronto (one block south of Bloor/from Bathurst station)* fully accessible / gender neutral bathrooms * Tuesday, December 3rd6:30–10:00Readings begin 7:15 Traditional Bannock from Pow Wow caféand Refreshments served after […]
Exile’s $15,000 Carter V. Cooper Short Fiction Competition. Year Nine submissions: March 15, 2019 to September 16, 2019 (postmarked).Download guidelines/form here: CVC9 Entry Form 2019 For details on this award, and our Gwendolyn MacEwen Poetry competition: www.exilequarterly.com/poetry-and-fiction-competitions/
“The sirens outside like cries of a prehistoric predatory bird. Winter tensed, afraid they were coming here, for her mother, but the sirens soon passed, a hush hanging in their wake. “They had been closely side-by-side for countless hours now. Winter in the chair, leaning in a low brood, her mother in the bed, pressed […]
“The glue on her alarm clock held as she turned it off; its spirit level pooled to one side as it passed the point of silence. As she leaned up, she leaned back so as to not fall into the distant corner of the room. The waxing angle left almost nothing shifted. Everything had been […]
“I love the sound of liquid falling – a river splashing on stone, that pitter-patter of rain on the skylight, the mellifluous comfort of more wine in my cup. To let go of something impossible to hold on your own, with bare hands. To fill yourself up…” Cara Marks of Victoria, British Columbia, recently completed […]
From the feature section Fairy Tale Transformations, introduced by Derek Newman-Stille. Three short fiction works by Kate Story, Sean Moreland, and Rati Mehrotra. “Born out of oral narrative, fairy tales are magical spells that change the way we think, showing us that traditions are meant to be changed as new ideas spark and flow around […]
Christian Bernard Singer: “From Scattered to Contained” – Working with pine needles, individually glued and painted, these sculptures capture the sudden and fleeting dances of the Forest Spirits. (page 81) Christian Bernard Singer of Georgian Bluffs (Big Bay), Ontario, was born into a family of artists in Paris, France, and raised in New York City where […]
In this issue we collaborated with contributors to provide supplemental links to author audio and video renditions of their works. Kate Story: “Martinis, My Dear, Are Dangerous” (page 7) Sean Moreland: “As Never Bird Sang Before” (page 16) Rati Mehrotra: “The Half-courage Hare” (page 22) Cara Marks: “Aurora Borealis” (page 64) William John Wither: “The […]
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