Stay Who You Are by Hedwig Li Lisa Dublin is a poet who was born in Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean Sea. When she grew older, she went to Australia to study for an MBA. Recently, she moved with her family to Edmonton, and received her MA at the University of Alberta. […]
Talking to the Marvelous Sophie Pinkoski by Xue Liu Sophie Pinkoski is a Canadian novelist who has a store of literary experiences. After I read her biography provided by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, I found out her hometown is Edmonton, which she returned to after completing her education around the world. I am interested […]
Remembering Your Original Intention of Writing and Overcoming Challenges by Bojun Yang Writing is an art. Writing can resonate powerfully with people who have the same feelings as writers. In the large community of Canadian writers, the number of multilingual and transnational writers has been on the rise. However, they face many challenges due to […]
Carol Parchewsky—a “Book Engineer” by Shu Yu I had the pleasure of interviewing Carol Parchewsky, a Canadian writer who has also received her Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Saskatchewan, and postgraduate certificates in Professional Management, e-learning, and creative writing at the University of Calgary. She currently focuses on adult and […]
Quirks and Flaws (Character Building) by Tyler Gajda A large part of my experience making fictional characters comes from my time with role-playing games, mostly Dungeons & Dragons. Creating a character in an RPG is precisely the same as when writing fiction. You both have to make very broad decisions about where this person fits […]
A Great Talk with the Journalist Tazeen Hasan on Writing, Culture and Languages by Qiaochu Dai As an international student living in Edmonton for three years, I’ve gained the real feeling that Canada is a multicultural country that is very inclusive. In order to more deeply understand the Canadian culture and learn how Canadian writers, […]
Logical or Emotional? How is Computer Science Related to Writing? by Haoyang Lin Many people think science and art are two totally different professional fields. They stand on two opposite sides because the people who learned them are different. Scientific scholars may be more logical and rigorous because they usually deal with logical questions that just […]
Different Challenges and Highlights of Alice Major’s Writing by Junyan Feng Alice Major is a Canadian poet who emigrated from Scotland to Canada when she was eight. Some of her collections of poetry have been published, such as Memory’s Daughter and Welcome to the Anthropocene. She was president of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta and also […]
Home: Stories Connecting Us All is a celebratory anthology of multicultural stories edited by Tololwa Mollel and assistant editor Scott Sabo. Several Edmonton and provincial organizations initiated the compilation and publication of this e-book founded on the belief that sharing stories is a way of addressing issues that many newcomers to Canada face. “Perhaps sharing […]
On Friday, November 24, thanks to Borderlines Writers Circle participant Dr. Leilei Chen, the Writers’ Guild of Alberta partnered with the University of Alberta to offer students of ENGL 102 E1: Introduction to Critical Analysis, a Bridging Program course, an enhanced writing experience. Four other Borderlines members, Nine, Mila, Luciana and Shimelis, shared their backgrounds in […]
