31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 22: “Snowblower” by Michelle Porter
Porter's story is as significant for what it leaves out as for what it includes.
Violet Browne talks about Newfoundland’s influence, fragmenting fiction, and the real-life origins of her debut novel
"I think Quebec is Newfoundland writ large because we do have our own culture and that is so tied up in the language."
“This was, and is, a kind of genius”: colleagues, publishers, and admirers recall the importance of Marie-Claire Blais, one of the finest writers Canada has ever produced
Timid is not a word anyone would reach for to describe Blais’s fiction, and especially her early work, which remains as shocking and defiant today as when it first appeared.