This Magazine — Call for Submissions Calling all writers: critics, commentators, essayists, troublemakers and political pundits — This Magazine wants you! We are looking for smart, quirky or fun pitches on political topics of national relevance. This Magazine articles are well researched, have a strong analysis at their core, and a Canadian angle. We welcome […] More »
If you weren’t able to make it out to our 40th anniversary bash at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel last month, we have photos of the event online at Flickr, the photo sharing site. Included are snapshots by Chris Blanchenot of speakers such as Rick Salutin and Mel Watkins (right), the half-eaten cake generously purchased by Joyce […] More »
Time to clear your social calendars for this Wednesday, November 8 (that’s only two sleeps away). THIS Magazine celebrates its 40th Anniversary at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Appropriately, 40 is the Ruby Anniversary, and admission is by donation to the Red Maple Foundation, the publisher of this enduring magazine. I’m told there will be […] More »
Yesterday, the Toronto Star published a very nice profile of This to mark the occasion of our 40th birthday. I’m now convinced the term “punching above its weight” will soon become synonymous with the magazine, if it’s not already. More »
Soup is Good Food directed us to a nifty campaign by Amnesty International, a campaign that now has a permanent presence in the right-hand column of Blog This. The idea is to spread the word about sites that are censored in their own countries by publishing their writings. Freedom of speech is a fundamental right […] More »
Head on down to your local newsstand and grab a copy of the September-October issue of This, featuring the winners of the 10th annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt! This is also our media issue, and contains features on women in radio and how PR giants have framed the Kyoto debate, plus an interview with Canadian […] More »
Monday’s Toronto Star carries a Labour Day feature updating the plight of Hermelindo Gutierrez, a Mexican who worked as a seasonal farm worker in Ontario for several years before kidney failure left him dependent on a dialysis machine—an unthinkable expense in Mexico for the working class. Hermelindo’s story was previously told in the pages of […] More »
THIS Magazine’s super-efficient and ever-delightful new editor, Jessica Johnston dropped off an advance copy of the July/August THIS (her first) at my office this morning — as she was also dropping off a small pile of poetry submissions to the literary contest (I am a panner for poetic ore). The mag will hit store shelves […] More »
If we can take a break from all the Oiler-adulation for a sec, thanks…. I’d like to direct your attention to more worthy Stanley-Cup-related pursuits, such as the first novel by our own John Degen, The Uninvited Guest. Actually, to call this a hockey novel would be a mistake, since it seems (114 pages in) […] More »