First off, let’s look at who Rob Wiersema is. You’ve been described
as a writer, journalist and bookseller. You’re also married and a
father. How do you balance all these roles?
Not all that well, depending on the day, to be perfectly honest.
The fact is, my job at the bookstore is full time. Writing is [...]
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Robert J. Wiersema - Interview
First off, let’s look at who Rob Wiersema is. You’ve been described as a writer, journalist and bookseller. You’re also married...
Jailbreaks, 99 Canadian Sonnets - An interview with Editor Zacharia Wells
Jailbreaks, 99 Canadian Sonnets, edited by Zacharia Wells LP: How did Jailbreaks come to be? ZW: I’ve...
Anne of Green Gables Stamp
Canada Post has just released a pair of stamps celebrating the 100th anniversary of everyone’s favourite literary redhead. No we’re not talking...
Gaspereau Press
We at Literary Photographer world headquarters firmly believe that books as objects can be as just as important as books are to read. Gaspereau Press, in Kentville,...
Allen Ginsberg As Photographer
The late U.S. poet Allen Ginsberg also took photographs. Essentially snapshots, taken, as most of us do, while hanging out with family and friends...
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Robert J. Wiersema - Interview
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Jailbreaks, 99 Canadian Sonnets - An interview with Editor Zacharia Wells
Jailbreaks, 99 Canadian Sonnets, edited by Zacharia Wells
LP: How did Jailbreaks come to be?
ZW: I’ve always been drawn to the sonnet and had read a few recently published international sonnet anthologies. I found them to be not quite international enough, particularly when it came to Canada. I started mentally cataloguing all the Canadian sonnets that [...]