Wrapping up the series by interviewing myself

Walking through history, literature, mountains and cities

The wonders of walking through time and place

from Time is a Dog's Breakfast: a Pistol Jim Press series

A non-linguist's adventures in language learning

The teacher and the novelist who set me on the road

Encounters with the friendliest, and most Canadian, of all states

My favourite among my stories is an alternative-timeline pirate tale set in a world where the Ottomans won the 1571 Battle of Lepanto. It's also my most most unpublishable.

A 30th anniversary appreciation of Martin Amis's The Information

Reflections of a former speechwriter.

Step through the grand doors of our latest issue, “A Walk Through the Museum,” wherein each piece – whether poem or short story – found inspiration in an artifact, historical site, or artwork. The col...

On encountering new stories while travelling

Hope by Gretchen Bartels-Ray Name Your Oppressor San Francisco, California, 1896 A darkening sky, ash settling on the hay. A lake, silt red, storm frothed. A pitchfork, a basket, forty-three bushel…

Encounters with the fur trade in person and on the page

Fratricidal breakdowns in novels, films, music and reality

Does this stuff suck, am I ahead of my time, or is this William Goldman's Law in action?

Three reminders to keep your cool and bring a jack

On Alex Hutchinson's The Explorer's Genes

On enjoying junk in my literary trunk

My new book contract and my explanation for writing about the Wild West while living in the Elbows Up North

Dispatches from beyond the word "why"

Follow the link to read my story Clay Allison's Girl

Please prove me wrong, world

I took out a pocket calculator and started estimating. Fifty pounds of brisket at six dollars a pound. One good-sized rack of beef ribs for maybe eighty dollars. Nine pounds of beef heart at eight dol...

And my unproduced play about American expansion northward

A Bob Dylan fan's life

A prize-winning story, a new review and an old source of inspiration

Bob Armstrong reviews “Because Somebody Asked Me To,” written by Guy Vanderhaeghe and published by Thistledown Press.

My debt to Mark Helprin and my love of snow come together in 700 pages of literary magic

Why a disgraced charmer ended up in beautiful Haida Gwaii

A disgraced ex-politician considers what he’s missed all these years.

Wes Anderson’s leaning forlornly at the edge of a deserted gravel road, but instead of doing anything about it, Josh is getting his drone ready to fly. I’m fixing my hair and refreshing my makeup. Dar...