The life and art of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) mirror the excesses and sublime brilliance of the society that produced him. As the foremost chronicler of the outsized ambitions, appetites and failures that have consistently defined America,...
"In her book On Writing, Annie Dillard tells of being asked by a reader “Who will teach me to write?” Her answer? The page, the page."
Our Peek Inside… series takes a look inside people’s journals to celebrate their imagination and inspire others. This week we are happy to welcome Kimberley Dudek, a powerful and dynamic professional speaker who encourages others to journal as a form of mental...
Name: Agnès Abécassis
Age: It's seven fifty-five, and the weather is cloudy (always glad to show my high level of understanding the English language. And I will let you imagine my accent!)
City/Town: Paris (don't you see my beret?)
Country: France (parlez-vous...
"Don’t be afraid of new things, even if they aren’t “you”. Anything you try will present new ways of approaching the things you truly do have a passion for."
Happy birthday, John Hancock!
Every year, January 23rd is celebrated in the United States as National Handwriting Day, in honour of the birthday of John Hancock, the first signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Handwriting Day has been taken up...
Name: Terrence James Coffman
Age: 69
City/Town: Jefferson, Wisconsin
Country: USA
Places: I currently live in Jefferson, WI. I was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Falls Church, VA. In the mid '90’s I lived in Lacoste, France where I began...
"I like to think that what is happening in my short stories may happen to anyone."
"I am interested in artists who diligently stray from normal or pretty, who create and commit to their own standards and themes."
Forget "complicit" – "levidrome" is the word of the year, at least if a Canadian boy has anything to say about it!
Six-year-old Levi Budd, from Victoria, has coined the term to describe a word that becomes another word when...