Matthew J. Trafford earned his MFA at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed story collections The Divinity Gene (Douglas & McIntyre) and Runs in the Blood (Arsenal Pulp Press). He is an avid fibre artist in his alternate persona of Fairy Godfather Knits. In Praise of Queer Family: The…

Brockton Writers Series presents readings by: James K. Moran Justin Ancheta Allister Thompson Matthew J. Trafford Our event will be hosted in person at Glad Day Lit, located at 32 Lisgar St., Toronto. We will also live stream the event on the Brockton Writers Series YouTube channel! The event starts at 6:30 p.m. The reading is PWYC and…

Derek Mascarenhas is a graduate and Instructor at the University of Toronto SCS Creative Writing Program. His adult short story collection, Coconut Dreams, and the children’s picture books 100 Chapatis and The Mango Monster have been praised widely by The Globe and Mail, Kirkus Reviews, and CBC Kids Reads. Writing (and Reading) for Children vs.…

We had a wonderful group of writers talk about their work and share their stories with us this past Wednesday. Click here for the recorded live stream of our March 11th event featuring Pratap Red’dy, Tiffany Morris, and Ryad Assani-Razaki, with guest speaker Derek Mascarenhas who spoke to us on the topic “Writing (and Reading) for Children vs. Adults.” Unfortunately,…

Tiffany Morris is an L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer from Nova Scotia. She is the author of the award-winning novellas Green Fuse Burning and poetry collection Elegies of Rotting Stars. Her work has appeared in the Indigenous horror anthology Never Whistle At Night, as well as in Nightmare Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, and Apex Magazine, among others.  To the…