Literature
Seven Scars
“What are the colours of your body?” She asks me. As if she cannot see for herself what I am.
As if she cannot believe her eyes.
Between the Pages: The Authors and Their Inspirations
At the end of October, six authors gathered in Toronto’s Koerner Hall, having been shortlisted for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize, one of the most notable prizes in Canada. The event was dubbed “Between the Pages.” Shortlisted candidates travel from coast to coast to present excerpts of their nominated works and are offered a chance to discuss their work and creative lives.
Bits
Do you believe in life after love?
Below the Peach Tree
A child is born, swaddled in fur and kindness
I, Trust
Shadows slide over the earth, leaving and returning and leaving and descending
Julius Caesar
Brutus is the tragic hero of that play. It isn’t Caesar, ‘cause he dies
