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Keeping The Fire Going – Britt Gillman on the writerly life

February 10, 2025

Essay Collections, General, Guest Blog Posts, How to Be a Happy Writer, Members, Members Blog

Britt Gillman is a writer living in Ontario. Her work has been published in EVENT, The New York Times, Eavesdrop Magazine, kerning and elsewhere. In 2023 & 2024, she won nonfiction prizes with Prism International and EVENT Magazine. She is a member of The Writer’s Union of Canada and the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society. She is working on a book-length manuscript of personal essays. Instagram: @britgillman ~ I live in an old home. Sometimes, it appears in my writing in…

Interview with 2024 CNFC Contest Judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson

January 9, 2024

Contests, Craft, General, Guest Blog Posts, Interviews, Members, Members Blog, Publishing

Interview with 2024 CNFC Contest Judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson Volunteer Margaret Lynch interviews 2024 CNFC/HLR Contest Judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson who shares her thoughts on writing, reading, and what she’s looking for in contest submissions. Lisa Bird-Wilson is a Saskatchewan Métis and Cree writer whose work appears in literary magazines, newspapers, and anthologies across Canada. Her most recent book, Probably Ruby (2021), is published internationally and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, for the Amazon First Novel Award,…

2023 Contest Shortlist

May 2, 2023

Contests, Craft, General, Members, Publishing

Congratulations to the five writers who’ve made the CNFC-HLR nonfiction contest shortlist! Our judge, Donna Morrissey, had some tough choices to make. According to her, the finalist selection process was difficult because the calibre of writing in each of the longlisted pieces was quite high. 2023 CNFC-HLR nonfiction contest shortlist: Anita Allen – “Funhouse” Raymond Gariepy – “The Unborn and Born Dead are Yet Among Us” Rayyan Kamal – “Departure Lounge” Dhana Musil – “By Association” Laura Ollerenshaw –…

Help Run CNFC, for the fun of it

March 23, 2022

General, General News, Guest Blog Posts, Members

By Christopher Moore I’ll tell you a secret. Some of the board members and committee members at CNFC don’t have any serious credentials in finance, tech, marketing and promotion, administration, or any of those skills often thought useful for boards and committees. On the other hand, we have some who do have experience in those fields — and it’s very good to have them. But what mainly brings together those who volunteer to help run CNFC is a shared commitment…

Meet CNFC member Rachel Rose

October 14, 2021

General, Members

CNCF board member Lesley Buxton interviewed Rachel about writing in different forms, teaching, and her recent book crush.

A Mentor, a Mentee, and a Beautiful Residency

September 8, 2021

General, Guest Blog Posts, Members, Uncategorized

In our latest blog post, CNCF member, Sandra Phinney, and Board Member, Darryl Whetter discuss the importance of mentorship.

Book Review: Betsy Warland, Lost Lagoon/ lost in thought

March 31, 2021

General, Guest Blog Posts, Poetry, Promotions

Betsy Warland, Lost Lagoon/ lost in thought (Halfmoon Bay, BC: Caitlin Press, 2020). Paperbound, 86 pp., $20.00 By Susan Olding In February, 2020, a month before the pandemic upended the ordinary patterns of many people’s lives, Betsy Warland took me for a stroll around Lost Lagoon, in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. I had walked there before, alone and with other friends. I knew where the herons liked to stand and wait for their prey. I’d seen the mallards and Canada Geese…

Meet Board Member, Akberet Beyene

February 28, 2021

General, Interviews, Members

An interview with Akberet Beyene, CNFC Member at Large

The Road to a Book, Part Three

January 30, 2021

General, Guest Blog Posts, Publishing

The third and final part of Beth Kaplan’s three-part series of essays focused on the writing and publishing of her new memoir, Loose Woman: my odyssey from lost to found

The Road to a Book, Part Two

November 29, 2020

General, Guest Blog Posts, Publishing

Part 2 of Beth Kaplan’s three-part series of essays focused on the writing and publishing of her new memoir, Loose Woman: my odyssey from lost to found