Posted on January 30, 2023
Fiction Contest Editorial
What I like best about [Adèle Barclay's] “Here be Dragons ISO” is its consistent ability to surprise. At each clever turn of phrase, the writer further penetrates their protagonist Danny’s heart, revealing her self-respect, insecurity, desperation, and hope. Through Danny’s eyes, we find magic in a most improbable creature, who without a word gives Danny what she needs. Theirs is a beautiful and tragic relationship that ultimately steers her back into the even messier realm of human relations.
Posted on January 24, 2023
Alice Zorn's Reading Recommendation
Posted on January 24, 2023
Catherine A. O'Toole's Music Recommendation
Bakar is an artist and musician living and working in London, England. I tripped over his music early on in the pandemic and it was exactly what I needed and continues to be. He released this EP, Will You Be My Yellow? in September of 2019.
Posted on January 11, 2023
A Psalmist with Second Thoughts: The Poetry of Steven Heighton
Selected Poems 1983-2020, Steven Heighton. Anansi, 2021.
Posted on January 9, 2023
Editorial Assistant Fawn Parker's interview with Adèle Barclay about her story "Here Be Dragons ISO,” which won The Fiddlehead's 2022 Fiction Prize
Posted on January 9, 2023
We're excited to announce that Adèle Barclay is the winner of our 2022 Fiction Contest and $2000 prize! Their story Here Be Dragons ISO will be featured in the upcoming Winter issue of The Fiddlehead (FH294).
Adèle Barclay is the author of two poetry collections If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You, which won the 2017 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and Renaissance Normcore. She is currently working on fiction and creative nonfiction projects. They teach literature and writing at Capilano University.
Posted on January 9, 2023
Here Be Dragons ISO by Adèle Barclay
Excerpt
DRAGON UNCLE DOWN FOR PARK HANGS WITH CRAFT BEER AND HOARDING VARIOUS SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES AND BRONZE OBJECTS
Posted on January 4, 2023
At least you’ll leave a shoe print . . .
Postscripts from a City Burning, Sam Cheuk. Palimpsest Press, 2021.
Posted on January 4, 2023
The Energy of Questions
I Am The Big Heart, Sarah Venart. Brick Books, 2020.
Posted on January 4, 2023
Surrealestate: The Quandary of Home in New Stories by Meghan Bell and Kate Cayley
Erase and Rewind, Meghan Bell. Book*hug, 2021.
Householders, Kate Cayley. Biblioasis, 2021.
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