Scrivener Creative Review
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Scrivener is a literary journal published at McGill University in Montreal, founded in 1980.
Poetry excerpt from Issue 47, by our very own Managing Editor Chloe Sproule! Read more soon.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Poetry excerpt from Issue 47, by our very own Managing Editor Chloe Sproule! Read more soon.
We cordially (and enthusiastically) invite you to the launch of Scrivener No. 47. Tickets are going FAST. You'd be a fool to miss it. Link to tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We cordially (and enthusiastically) invite you to the launch of Scrivener No. 47. Tickets are going FAST. You'd be a fool to miss it. Link to tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
It seems our revival has caused a bit of a stir: Scrivener has been featured in the McGill Reporter. Read more about our return here. reporter.mcgill.ca/scrivener-re...
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It seems our revival has caused a bit of a stir: Scrivener has been featured in the McGill Reporter. Read more about our return here. reporter.mcgill.ca/scrivener-re...
Here’s another glimpse into our upcoming issue. We are ripe with anticipation at the opportunity to present you with more of Patrick O’Reilly’s work in our print edition.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here’s another glimpse into our upcoming issue. We are ripe with anticipation at the opportunity to present you with more of Patrick O’Reilly’s work in our print edition.
Here’s a glimpse into our upcoming issue 47. Prepare to read more of the wonderful Susan Shea in our print edition, launching soon.
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Here’s a glimpse into our upcoming issue 47. Prepare to read more of the wonderful Susan Shea in our print edition, launching soon.
Scrivener 47 launch party is soon approaching! More information to come. Hope to see you all there.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Scrivener 47 launch party is soon approaching! More information to come. Hope to see you all there.
More fiction from issue 46! Peruse in our print editions.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
More fiction from issue 46! Peruse in our print editions.
Fiction from our issue 46! Read more in our latest print edition.
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Fiction from our issue 46! Read more in our latest print edition.
In 1982, Scrivener published four original poems by Leonard Cohen. In 2025, we published them for the first time online. Read more of Cohen on our website.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In 1982, Scrivener published four original poems by Leonard Cohen. In 2025, we published them for the first time online. Read more of Cohen on our website.
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Two interviews with one of Canada's greatest writers, never before available online, are published together on our website.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Two interviews with one of Canada's greatest writers, never before available online, are published together on our website.
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October 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Excited to play a small role in this sound, poetry, & astronomy collaboration. I’ll represent The Quebec Writers’ Federation at this bilingual International Observe the Moon Night event hosted by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Montreal. La poésie partout présentera le poète Joël Pourbaix.
September 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Excited to play a small role in this sound, poetry, & astronomy collaboration. I’ll represent The Quebec Writers’ Federation at this bilingual International Observe the Moon Night event hosted by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Montreal. La poésie partout présentera le poète Joël Pourbaix.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Scrivener's in The Tribune today! Read the article by Safna Mama here: www.thetribune.ca/a-e/made-at-mcgill/made-at-mcgill-scrivener-creative-review-revives-its-past-23092025/
Made at McGill: 'Scrivener Creative Review' revives its past - The Tribune
Scrivener Creative Review doesn’t save the good china for special occasions. Whilst sitting down over candlelit tea with Izzi Holmes, Jacob Sponga, and Isabella McBride, the respective Editors-in-Chie...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Scrivener's in The Tribune today! Read the article by Safna Mama here: www.thetribune.ca/a-e/made-at-mcgill/made-at-mcgill-scrivener-creative-review-revives-its-past-23092025/
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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We ❤️ The Word
For generations of McGill students, The Word Bookstore on Milton Street has been almost as familiar a landmark as the Roddick Gates or the Redpath Museum. Adrian King-Edwards, BA’71, the bookshop’s co-founder and owner, shares some memories mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/a-little-boo...
A little bookstore that’s had a big impact
For generations of McGill students, The Word Bookstore on Milton Street has been almost as familiar a landmark as the Roddick Gates or the Redpath Museum. As The Word marks its 50th anniversary, Adria...
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September 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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August 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Avryl Bender (@avrylbender.bsky.social) on Claire Wahmanholm's Meltwater!!! www.montrealpoetryprize.com/reviews/beca... <3
Because Now There Is a Child: What Motherhood Can Teach Us About the Climate Crisis — Montreal International Poetry Prize
Review of Meltwater by Claire Wahmanholm by Avryl Bender In her 2023 collection of poems, Meltwater, Claire Wahmanholm treats language with the care of a finite resource, demonstrating a conscientious respect for the organic materials of poetry. Throughout the work, Wahmanholm repurposes lines
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August 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Avryl Bender (@avrylbender.bsky.social) on Claire Wahmanholm's Meltwater!!! www.montrealpoetryprize.com/reviews/beca... <3
We love seeing Scrivener merch out in the world. From the beaches of Victoria to the Chelsea Hotel, sun protection has never looked better. Not to mention how stunning issue 46 is by the sea.
August 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We love seeing Scrivener merch out in the world. From the beaches of Victoria to the Chelsea Hotel, sun protection has never looked better. Not to mention how stunning issue 46 is by the sea.
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Happy to have a new poem in the summer reading issue of @thewalrus.ca . Thanks to @cstarnino.bsky.social for the editorial stewardship. thewalrus.ca/and-then-cam...
And Then Came the Day | The Walrus
Afterward, let’s go home and lay failure, longing, / and some lost cicada husks all belly up on the table
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August 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Happy to have a new poem in the summer reading issue of @thewalrus.ca . Thanks to @cstarnino.bsky.social for the editorial stewardship. thewalrus.ca/and-then-cam...