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Write in the Neighbourhood

Oct 29, 2021

We’re meeting downtown today with one of the co-editors of the Indigenous Toronto collection, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, and contributors Elaine Bomberry, Erica Commanda and Andre Morriseau to unearth twelve-thousand-years' worth of Indigenous history in the city. With each sharing a vibrant waypoint of...


Oct 27, 2021

We’re meeting Uzma Jalaluddin today in the thriving cultural mosaic of Middlefield, Markham. Uzma’s charming tale of star-crossed love in Hana Khan Carries On follows an aspiring storyteller as she sets out to develop her voice for radio alongside the struggling family business. Through five waypoints, we spoke to...


Oct 25, 2021

We’re meeting Perry King today in South Parkdale at the crossway of King, Queen, The Queensway, and Roncesvalles. Fresh off the press, Perry’s debut book Rebound plots the history of grassroots sports as a vector of community courtship and belonging against the commotion of sprawling urban centres. In the midst of...


Oct 23, 2021

We're meeting Silmy Abdullah today at Victoria Park and Danforth, where Crescent Town, East York crosses over into Oakridge, Scarborough. Silmy is the author of Home of the Floating Lily, an eight-story anthology that follows immigrant families entangled in the heartaches and serendipity of being caught...


Oct 30, 2020

Travel to Scarborough for a special tour that’s been collaboratively mapped by several guests representing the upcoming Feel Ways: A Scarborough Anthology. The anthology brings together emerging and established writers to shed light on a borough often mischaracterized and misunderstood.