Joan Donaldson-Yarmey Joan Donaldson-Yarmey began her writing career with a short story, progressed to travel and historical articles, and then on to travel books. Between 1990 and 2000, Joan travelled through and researched the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, the territory of the Yukon, and the state of Alaska and wrote seven books about… Continue reading Joan Donaldson-Yarmey
Sonia Saikaley was born and raised in Ottawa to a big Lebanese family. The daughter of a shopkeeper, she had access to all the treats she wanted. Her first book, The Lebanese Dishwasher, co-won the 2012 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest. She has two poetry collections Turkish Delight, Montreal Winter and A Samurai’s Pink House. Her… Continue reading Sonia Saikaley
It's finally here... The last story in this year's holiday blog roll, Bad Kid, a moving story by Derek Newman-Stille about the Yule legend of Gryla. If you enjoy this story, check out the book Derek Newman-Stille edited to commemorate the 200 years of publication of Frankenstein, We Shall Be Monsters! Content Warning for discussions… Continue reading Bad Kid by Derek Newman-Stille
With illustrations by the author! It's Christmas Eve, and we are proud to bring you The Hunter and the Holly King, a beautifully illustrated, gorgeously written story by S. M. Carriere. This was supposed to be the very last story to our advent calendar of stories, but we've had a great last-minute addition. Stay tuned tomorrow for… Continue reading The Hunter and the Holly King by S. M. Carrière
All your favorite characters in one story? Today we are absolutely delighted to bring a brand new story in our Holiday blog roll, Snowed In, Blown Away!, a lovely story by Cait Gordon. We will be bringing you these stories three times a week until the solstice instead of the originally planned twice a week!. Check out our original blog… Continue reading Snowed In, Blown Away! by Cait Gordon
The newest story in our holiday blog roll by Sue Taylor-Davidson Today we are proud to bring a brand new story in our Holiday blog roll, Macie's Miracle, a story by Sue Taylor-Davidson. We will be bringing you these stories three times a week until the solstice instead of the originally planned twice a week!. Check out our original blog… Continue reading Macie’s Miracle by Sue Taylor-Davidson
Today we are proud to bring you the second story in our Holiday blog roll, Elric Storm Saves the Winter Solstice, a story by MJ Lyons. Update! We will be bringing you these stories three times a week until the solstice instead of the originally planned twice a week!. Check out our original blog post to find out more… Continue reading Elric Storm saves winter solstice by MJ Lyons
Today as part of our holiday blog roll, we bring you an announcement! Our neighbour and friend 'Nathan Burgoine has just launched his brand new holiday novella Faux Ho Ho today. Check out his blog to read all about it!
We are proud to present the first in our series of holiday stories and posts! It's three weeks until the solstice, which is a time for a lot of different celebrations all around the world. We return this year to what we hope will become a yearly tradition at Renaissance: an advent calendar of stories,… Continue reading Stuck in a cabin for the holidays by Éric Desmarais
Robert has called Vancouver home since 1982, but grew up in the small town of Northern, New Brunswick. As he reaches his golden years, it feels like he's been writing forever - poetry, short stories, scripts for stage and film, and journaling his gay life since 1988. He is a past Canadian Film Centre Writer… Continue reading Robert Hamilton
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