Sue Burge – WordCityLit

Literary Spotlight. Lisa Pasold in Conversation with Sue Burge.

For this issue, I am delighted to be interviewing Lisa Pasold, a peripatetic powerhouse of a writer who defies definition! Lisa, you are a very well travelled writer and I know you are based in both Paris and New Orleans as well as having grown up in Canada. So firstly, how did you become aContinue reading “Literary Spotlight. Lisa Pasold in Conversation with Sue Burge.”

WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023

©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack On October 7th, Hamas terrorists breached the fence separating Gaza from Israel and tortured, raped, mutilated and murdered at least 1200 women, men and children. 1200 women,Continue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Autumn 2023”

WordCity Literary Journal. Summer 2023

©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack For this issue, we asked writers to delve into The Right to Read. For writers, this right is also, inextricably, linked to the right to write. AndContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Summer 2023”

Literary Spotlight. Gail Anderson Dargatz in conversation with Sue Burge

For this issue I am delighted to meet Canadian writer Gail Anderson-Dargatz. I’m not sure if there is a genre she hasn’t written in! Gail, you are an extremely successful and experienced writer, working across most genres: poetry, short stories, novels and YA fiction. Within these genres you tackle everything from thrillers to historical dramas,Continue reading “Literary Spotlight. Gail Anderson Dargatz in conversation with Sue Burge”

WordCity Literary Journal. Spring 2023

©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack In February 2012, just more than a year after the publication of my first collection of short stories, I broke my back. That is the easiest wayContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Spring 2023”

WCLJ. Spring 2023. Letter from the Editor

In February 2012, just more than a year after the publication of my first collection of short stories, I broke my back. That is the easiest way to say it. Except that the break wasn’t a fracture. Instead, the bilateral rupture of my sacroiliac joints was due to adenomyosis, a gynecological condition that goes undiagnosedContinue reading “WCLJ. Spring 2023. Letter from the Editor”

Kirstie Millar’s The Strange Egg. a review by Sue Burge

The Strange Egg – Kirstie MillarIllustrations by Hannah Mumby(The Emma Press 2023)Paperback ISBN: 9781915628022 £10 “’Doctor, I had a terrible dream. In my dream I saw my own body, and I saw what you will do to it.‘ A woman is faced, month after month, with the birth of a strange egg. Her doctor asksContinue reading “Kirstie Millar’s The Strange Egg. a review by Sue Burge”

Literary Spotlight. Marthese Fenech in Conversation with Sue Burge

LITERARY SPOTLIGHT: MARTHESE FENECH – STORYTELLING HISTORY For this issue I was lucky enough to hook up with Marthese Fenech, who writes historical fiction, a genre I devour and admire! I love all of Mar’s answers below, she answers my questions as a true and natural storyteller and is the polar opposite of the stereotypesContinue reading “Literary Spotlight. Marthese Fenech in Conversation with Sue Burge”

WordCity Literary Journal. November 2022.

©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. WordCity’s non-fiction editor, Olga Stein Our War on War War isn’t a place anyone would want to visit. Even this statement borders on the inane and insensitive, given the scaleContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. November 2022.”

Literary Spotlight. Keeping it Fresh for Posterity. Helen Eastman in Conversation with Sue Burge

HELEN EASTMAN – KEEPING IT FRESH FOR POSTERITY I’m delighted to have been able to pin down the human dynamo that is Helen Eastman for this wide-ranging and generous interview. Helen has so many roles, she’s a true creative, and someone who is more than prepared to give back to her community in so manyContinue reading “Literary Spotlight. Keeping it Fresh for Posterity. Helen Eastman in Conversation with Sue Burge”