Author and Concordia grad Carmine Starnino has cultivated a reputation as a tenacious provocateur and defender of formalism, denying a need for the avant-garde. He has made a... » Full Story

Trevor Barton, editor of Beaubien Magazine, didn’t think he would graduate and immediately step into the magazine world, much less that he would create his own... » Full Story

Ilona Martonfi considers herself a poet-activist. While her first book of poetry, Blue Poppy, might initially read like the dirge of a brutal marriage, the subject... » Full Story

With more than 950 tables, the Salon du livre de Montréal was a festive occasion for Quebec authors and publishers this past week, where approximately 120,000 people showed up... » Full Story

There was an enthusiastic atmosphere at the eighth annual Expozine,which was held in the basement of Église St. Enfant Jésus this weekend. Over 300 vendors took part in the... » Full Story

Mankind’s ability to divert entire river systems at will, whether or not nature agrees with those changes, is possibly dually our greatest achievement and folly. Author Anne... » Full Story

As the old adage goes, being a teenager sucks. Your parents harass you, school’s terrible, your friends are constantly going through their own subtle (or not so subtle)... » Full Story

The Jihadist is a portrait of a troubled young man trying to reconcile himself with what he views to be a depraved world. Inigo, the titular jihadist, is... » Full Story

Stripmalling is part-time Concordia creative writing teacher Jon Paul Fiorentino’s “incomplete coming-of-age” story. Set partly in Fiorentino’s hometown... » Full Story

To hear comic book artist Seth tell it, writing fiction might be the most revealing thing a person can do. “I think it’s important to dig deeper when you’re... » Full Story