Chris Benjamin Reports On "Environmental Racism"

Click here to read an article on "environmental racism" by Chris Benjamin, published in Halifax's The Coast.

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Listen to an excerpt from Chris Benjamin's short story "Delia and Phil," narrated by Charlie Tomlinson. "Delia and Phil" is available from Rattling Books as an individual MP3 download, and it's also featured on EarLit Shorts 4, an audio book collection of short fiction featuring Benjamin, Michael Collins, Robin McGrath, Rebecca Rosenblum, J. J. Steinfeld and Leslie Vryenhoek.

Canadian Author Rebecca Rosenblum's New Short Story Collection

Canadian publisher Biblioasis is about to publish a second short story collection by Rebecca Rosenblum. Read the publisher's comments on her new collection, The Big Dream.

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Listen to excerpts from Rebecca Rosenblum's short stories, "The Weatherboy" (narrated by Gerard Whalen) and "Christmas with My Mother" (narrated by Janet Russell). These stories are available from Rattling Books as individual MP3 downloads, and they are also featured on EarLit Shorts 4, an audio book collection of short fiction by Rosenblum, Chris Benjamin, Michael Collins, Robin McGrath, J.J. Steinfeld and Leslie Vryenhoek.

CFA Spotlight: Leslie Vryenhoek

Newfoundland and Labrador has some of the best writers in Canada; more than its fair share, in fact. For a province that has the population of a medium-sized town in Ontario, its writers cut a large swath on the Canadian literary landscape.

Some of these swath-cutters are "Come from Aways" (CFAs); that is, they were not born here. And although Newfoundland and Labrador suffers perennially from out-migration, its literary community seems to attract rather than lose members.

Leslie Vryenhoek is one of our CFA writers, and she has been busy swinging her scribbler's scythe. The former American citizen, now a resident of St. John's, is a critically acclaimed poet and short story writer. Her debut collection of short fiction, Scrabble Lessons, was published by Oolichan Books in 2009. "It all works and leaves an uneasy smile. Perfect," said The Globe and Mail.

To find out more about Leslie Vryenhoek, click on her photo.

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Listen to excerpts from Leslie Vryenhoek's short stories "All She Swallowed" (read by the author) and "Cycle" (read by Joel Thomas Hynes). These stories are available as individual MP3 downloads, and they are also featured on the EarLit Shorts audio book MP3 CD.

Leslie Vryenhoek's Scrabble Lessons

This is something we should have drawn attention to a while ago, but didn't. Leslie Vryenhoek's Scrabble Lessons receives a nice little profile on the website of Salty Ink. Vryenhoek's collection is well worth reading, for anyone who appreciates the short story form--or, for that matter, for anyone who enjoys razor sharp writing.

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Two of Leslie Vryenhoek's stories, "All She Swallowed" and "Cycle" are available as digital downloads from Rattling Books. Both stories are also available as part of the EarLit Shorts 4 anthology of short fiction.