Font

"The idea behind Font was that writers and other literary artists want not only to create new work but to see it published, out in the world. They need the validation of being published.”

Read "The Story of Font" by Linda Leith

Montreal writer Linda Leith is the founder of Blue Metropolis Foundation and was president and artistic director of the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival until 2010. She created Linda Leith Publishing | Linda Leith Éditions in 2011. Her most recent book is The Girl from Dream City: A Literary Life (URP, 2021).

https://fontmag.ca/issue/writing-from-the-north-shore/article/a-farewell-from-font

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"in a region
that is said to have no roads,
how does one find a way
to come back so many times?”

Read "how does one find a way to come back so many times" by Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier

Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier is an award winning poet, an embroiderer and a cultural mediator from Baie-Comeau who now lives in Rimouski.

https://fontmag.ca/issue/writing-from-the-north-shore/article/how-does-one-find-a-way-to-come-back-so-many-times

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Image: Mont Parent, Blanc-Sablon Photo credit: Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier

how does one find a way to come back so many times? | Writing from the North Shore | FontMag Image: Mont Parent, Blanc-Sablon Photo credit: Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier in a region that is said t…

"We are here,
a hopeful people with a future unclear,
divided by lines we can not see,
held back by forces that can never agree.”

Read "Seaglass" by Caitlin Jewelle Rowsell

Caitlin Jewelle Rowsell is an aspiring artist and poet from Harrington Harbour.

https://fontmag.ca/issue/writing-from-the-north-shore/article/seaglass

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"The Reunion at Salmon Bay is the most personal film I’ve ever made. It’s my way of expressing my appreciation to everyone, from George Pell on, who has assisted me during my ongoing voyage of discovery of the Lower North Shore.”

Watch "The Reunion at Salmon Bay" by Louise Abbott

Louise Abbott is an award-winning writer, photographer, and filmmaker from the Eastern Townships of Quebec.

https://fontmag.ca/issue/writing-from-the-north-shore/article/the-reunion-at-salmon-bay

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"I know not
what I’ve come here to find

I’ve never known how to stay in one place
the ground always gives way

the ends of the world
have become my escape”

Read "The Patience of Lichen" by Jeffrey K. Butt

Jeffrey K. Butt is a literary translator based out of St. John’s, Newfoundland.

https://fontmag.ca/issue/writing-from-the-north-shore/article/the-patience-of-lichen

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The Patience of Lichen | Writing from the North Shore | FontMag I know not what I’ve come here to find I’ve never known how to stay in one place the ground alwa…