Posts by Lindsay Zier-Vogel
My deep love of snow pants on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning
I fully believe that winter is 75% for hibernating and 25% for winter picnics/tobogganing/snow ball fights/cross country skiing and walking about in the snow. Some people have a signature scent, I have a signature sound: that wonderful swish. Listen to my ode to snow pants on CBC’s Metro Morning here!
Read MoreThe University of Toronto Magazine poetry contest
This summer I had the great pleasure of being on the judging panel for the 2015 University of Toronto’s Poetry contest. I read piles and piles of submissions in the backyard, in the sunshine, and then met with the other esteemed judges, George Elliot Clarke and Robert McGill and we talked about poetry for hours…
Read MoreTravelling Exhibition: Lucerne, Switzerland, Oct 11-24, 2015
I am so honoured to have a book in Manuela Buchting’s Travelling Exhibition in Lucerne, Switzerland! My Amelia book is in incredible company!
Read MoreSpring checklists!
It’s always a slow return from the deep freeze of winter, but this year’s spring in Toronto is especially delightful! I like to document my love affair with spring in checklist form and so does Matt Galloway from CBC Radio’s Metro Morning! The Toronto Star even featured the lists (and most significantly, the glorious 20 degree…
Read MoreA Canadian Screen Award!
Holy smokes! I’ve won a Canadian Screen Award (in the Best Cross-Platform Project: Fiction catgeory) for my work on the digital series Played: Interference!
Read MoreWhere The Nights Are Twice As Long
I am so honoured to have my writing included in Where The Nights Are Twice As Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets, published by Goose Lane Editions. A whole book of love letters! Glory be! More on the book here, and even more on their Tumblr (including some city-focused love letters!)
Read MoreAn LZV love letter tote bag in “Strange Material”
I am beyond thrilled to have a love letter (in tote bag and embroidery form!) in Leanne Prain‘s new book, “Strange Material.” It’s a stunner of a book, exploring storytelling through textiles. More on the book: The book includes chapters on various aspects of textile storytelling, from “Textiles of Protest, Politics, and Power” to “The Fabric…
Read MoreNorth north north + love love love
I’ve just returned from a week in the north. There was so much light, I couldn’t bear to sleep and miss any moment of the glorious sun. Everything about it was incredible. To mark the 10th year of The Love Lettering Project, I collaborated with DreamCatcher Mentoring for a three-city tour of Canada’s North. Supported in part by…
Read MoreHarbour Grace in The Varsity
Last August I went to Newfoundland (a research trip generously funded by Access Copyright Foundation!) to work on a novel about a woman who is in love with Amelia Earhart. It was one of the most prolific writing stretches I’ve ever had, and one of the best trips I’ve ever been on. To my delight, a…
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