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Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Florence Treadwell's "Deflection", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/deflection/

For our last Under Review of 2025, Brittany Coy-Pinnock reviews Ronna Bloom's book, "In a Riptide." Read the full review: tnq.ca/under-review-in-a-riptide-by-ronna-bloom/

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Shelley Wood's "Ever Been Roast", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/ever-been-roast/

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Dagne Forrest's "Initial Conditions", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/initial-conditions/

What is your favourite part about writing?

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Kikki Guerard's "Prayer I Forgot I Knew", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/prayer-i-forgot-i-knew/

Congratulations to the following TNQ contributors whose work is featured in the Best Canadian Poetry and Essay anthologies this year! The Best of Canadian Poetry 2025 and Best of Canadian Essays 2025 anthologies are now available for purchase at your local bookstores. @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Callista Markotich's "Holiday in France", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/holiday-in-france-german-military-cemetery-above-an-invasion-beach/

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is "Anita Lahey on Writing Wildfire Poems as the Country Burns", by Rob Taylor from Issue 176! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/anita-lahey-on-writing-wildfire-poems-as-the-country-burns/

If you could only choose one genre to read, what would it be?

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Sandra Davies's "Monsoon", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/monsoon/

Join Eleni at the St. Jerome's library as she reads Callista Markotich’s poem, “Holiday in France,” winner of the Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. Get your copy of issue 176 today to read the full poem! Link in the bio!

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Anthony Purdy's "When an Old Man Dies...", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/when-an-old-man-dies/

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Terence Young's "May Day Coronation, 1929", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/may-day-coronation-1929-for-clare-young-1915-2012/

If you could meet any character from a book, who would it be?

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Chantel Lavoie's "Burning Bright", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/burning-bright/

Our Under Review series is back with Shani Mootoo's book, "Starry Starry Night." Read the full review: tnq.ca/under-review-starry-starry-night-by-shani-mootoo/

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Adèle Barclay's "Perhaps a Wolf & a Lamb", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/perhaps-a-wolf-a-lamb/

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Rose Maloukis's "Walking Past the Local Garage", from Issue 176! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/walking-past-the-local-garage/

We are excited to announce our fall issue is now live on our website and available for purchase! Issue 176: Waiting for the New explores themes of renewal, change, and transformation and features all of our contest winners! 🎉 Grab your copy today! Link in the bio.

How often do you read? 📕

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Margaret McCutcheon's "Messier Objects", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/messier-objects/

Here is a sneak peak from The New Quarterly’s Fall Issue. Stay tuned to read the full issue on November 24th!

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Ploy Jamroonjamroenpit's "Phi Thuk Khun", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/phi-thuk-khun/

Here is a sneak peak from The New Quarterly’s Fall Issue. Stay tuned to read the full issue on November 24th!

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Laurence Lumsden's "Marcus of Montreal", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/marcus-of-montreal/

Do you like to plan before writing or see where the story takes you?

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Noah Cain's "the same kid", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/the-same-kid/

Here is a sneak peak from The New Quarterly’s Fall Issue. Stay tuned to read the full issue on November 24th!

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Sarah Campbell's "August", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/august-2/

As we continue to ride the creative high from the Wild Writers Literary Festival this past weekend, we can now look ahead with renewed conviction of the transformative power of the written word. Here is a sneak peak from The New Quarterly’s Fall Issue. Stay tuned for the full issue November 24th!

Today is the FIRST DAY of the Wild Writers Literary festival! Come behind the scenes with us as we prepare our festival posters for the author events! We can’t wait to see you there!

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Jennifer Cassidy's "Saturday is a Green Raccoon", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/saturday-is-a-green-raccoon/

There are only 3 MORE DAYS until the Wild Writers Literary Festival! Come behind the scenes with us as we assemble our featured author’s welcome packages. Stay tuned for Friday when we prepare the event posters for the festival!

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Linda Clarke's "Wings", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/wings/

There are only 5 more days until the Wild Writers Literary Festival! Come behind the scenes with us as we shop for supplies for our author packages and our graphic novel workshop. Stay tuned for Wednesday when we start preparing them!

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Devon Rae's "Conversation with Her Bodies", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/conversation-with-her-bodies/

Find your next great reads at the Wild Writers Literary Festival from November 7th to 9th, where you’ll leave with an armful of great books and an even longer TBR list!

Writers, what's your current work in progress about?

Don’t miss out on the literary event of the year! Get your tickets today before they sell out! Link in the bio. Get tickets here: wildwriters.ca/buy-tickets/ Also, stay tuned for a behind the scenes count down as we prepare for the festival next week! 👀

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Lorna Crozier's "On Poetry and Silence", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/on-poetry-and-silence/

Delve into the complex joys and challenges of motherhood and the role that it plays in constructing the writer’s experience at the “How Motherhood Shapes Authorhood” panel featured at the Wild Writers Festival on Saturday November 8th! Get tickets here: wildwriters.ca/product/labo...

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Bernadette Rule's "Old Boaz Chapel", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/old-boaz-chapel/

Over the past few years, romantasy has taken the reading world by storm, but what is it about this genre that has readers coming back for more? Join us in discussing how romantasy can help us speak more boldly about our human vulnerabilities. Get tickets here: wildwriters.ca/product/othe...

Our Under Review series returns with Sadiqa de Meijer’s latest book “In the Field.” Read the full review: tnq.ca/under-review-in-the-field-by-sadiqa-de-meijer/

Don’t miss a chance to meet Govenor General award winner and TNQ published poet Madhur Anand this week at the University of Waterloo! Register today: uwaterloo.ca/complexity-i...

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Sadiqa de Meijer's "After Etty", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full story: tnq.ca/story/after-etty/

Where is your favourite place to read?