The Profiles

Merle Foster’s studio wasn’t a toy shop, but it was still magical to the children of the Ward.

A Ph.D. in E.S.P. has treated the local illusionist Mysterion better than an M.B.A.

R. M. Vaughan’s Troubled adventures.

Hal Niedzviecki—Canada’s self-defined indie guru—faces adulthood, fatherhood, and a growing generation gap.

Elyse Friedman followed her lucky star to a successful career as an author, poet, screenwriter, and, maybe someday, artist.

The wandering eye of Sonja Ahlers.

Collaboration is the medium of Darren Wershler-Henry’s message.

An arts writer, a keyboardist, and a filmmaker walk into a book deal. The result is Jason Anderson’s comedic debut novel.

With Drift, his third collection, Kevin Connolly continues to hone his complex intellect, biting wit, and sense of the absurd.

Jane Jacobs persuaded us to rethink cities. Her new book warns us to rethink societies, or else.

Author Emily-Pohl Weary discusses demystifying the magazine-making process, her family’s sci-fi past, and why mainstream culture isn’t always a bad thing.

Toronto’s midnight cowboy rises from the gutter with a new book to scare up readers.

With a new book of short stories, a successful series of chapbooks, and the editor’s chair of Broken Pencil, Emily Schultz scores a D.I.Y. hat trick.

Meet Joe Matt, indie comics’ answer to nerd rock.

Camilla Gibb transforms from first-time novelist to writer with The Petty Details of So-and-so’s Life.

In his new collection, poet Paul Vermeersch stands up for the beaten, the bullied, the misunderstood.

Is Tamara Faith Berger’s work highbrow fiction or lowbrow smut? Does it matter?

Stuart Ross explores his family history and his own emotions in his upcoming collection, Razovsky at Peace.

Jim Munroe challenges science fiction forms and political apathy in Angry Young Spaceman.

Author Patricia Seaman makes herself laugh and her readers dance.