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Melissa Bull

A Dizzying Boldness

Melissa Bull celebrates a decade of editing our "Writing from Quebec" column.

Soliloquies

Both the shame of the memory and the shame of sharing the memory lingered someplace, unnamed.

Burials

Time divides and reunites for Melissa Bull, who's moved to a house across from a cemetery in Norwich, England.

An Interview with Jeff Parker

The author on the Russian train ride that inspired his new non-fiction book Where the Bears Roam the Streets.

Interview With Saleema Nawaz

The author of Bone and Bread talks family, her favourite bagel shop and why Montreal is always ready to riot.

The SLS Interviews: Mikhail Iossel

The founder of Summer Literary Seminars discusses the Soviet Union, Seamus Heaney and why there’s no difference between famous writers and beginners.

Interview with Colin McAdam

A lunch conversation in which our hero orders a soup and sandwich combo and talks about monkeys.