Hart House Review
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Hart House Review is a Canadian literary magazine
managed by student members of Hart House at the University of Toronto
and published by Coach House Press. The magazine is best known for prose, poetry, art, and photography contributed by emerging writers and artists in Canada.
The inaugural issue was published in 1992. The Hart House Review publishes the winners of the Hart House literary, poetry, drama, and photography contests as well as the E. J. Pratt
Poetry Prize winner. HHR also accepts direct submissions for publication under these categories. Various forms of art contributions also continue to be accepted. The editorial team also solicits works from select contributors within and outside of the University of Toronto
community.
In 2011 the senior editors for the Review were successful in their application for Magazines Canada membership, resulting in national distribution. The magazine's content can be fully accessed online, although the comprehensive online archiving of past editions is still in process.
HHR regularly organizes literary events. At their annual launch, contest winners are feted, featured writers read from their published contributions, and artists’ work is shown. The launch usually occurs in April.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
managed by student members of Hart House at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
and published by Coach House Press. The magazine is best known for prose, poetry, art, and photography contributed by emerging writers and artists in Canada.
The inaugural issue was published in 1992. The Hart House Review publishes the winners of the Hart House literary, poetry, drama, and photography contests as well as the E. J. Pratt
E. J. Pratt
Edwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC , who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time." He was a Canadian poet originally from Newfoundland who lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario...
Poetry Prize winner. HHR also accepts direct submissions for publication under these categories. Various forms of art contributions also continue to be accepted. The editorial team also solicits works from select contributors within and outside of the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
community.
In 2011 the senior editors for the Review were successful in their application for Magazines Canada membership, resulting in national distribution. The magazine's content can be fully accessed online, although the comprehensive online archiving of past editions is still in process.
HHR regularly organizes literary events. At their annual launch, contest winners are feted, featured writers read from their published contributions, and artists’ work is shown. The launch usually occurs in April.
Contributors
Some of the notable contributors that have been published or featured (interviews/commentaries etc.) in the Review over the years include:- Reza BaraheniReza BaraheniReza Baraheni is an exiled Iranian novelist, poet, critic, and political activist.Former president of PEN Canada, the often called "Iran's finest living Writer" lives in Toronto, Canada, where he used to teach at the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.He’s the author of...
- Ronna Bloom
- George Elliot Clarke
- Carolyn Clink
- Lynn CrosbieLynn CrosbieLynn Crosbie is a Canadian poet and novelist. She teaches the University of Toronto.-Life and career:Crosbie was born in Montreal, Quebec, and now lives in Toronto, Ontario....
- Howard DaviesHoward DaviesHoward Davies is the name of:* Howard Davies , Wales rugby union international* Sir Howard Davies , Former Director of the London School of Economics and former British financial regulator...
- Camilla GibbCamilla GibbCamilla Gibb is a writer living in Toronto.Born in London, England, she grew up in Toronto and studied at the North Toronto Collegiate Institute and the Jarvis Collegiate Institute...
- Nadine GordimerNadine GordimerNadine Gordimer is a South African writer and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".Her writing has long dealt...
- Ray HsuRay Hsu- Biography :Hsu grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He received an Honours B.A. and an M.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in English Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While completing his Ph.D., he taught for over two years at Oakhill...
- Sandra Kasturi
- Daniel MacIvorDaniel MacIvorDaniel MacIvor is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director and film director. He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and educated at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and then at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario....
- Lee MaracleLee Maracle-Early life:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she grew up in the neighbouring city of North Vancouver and attended Simon Fraser University. She was one of the first Aboriginal people to be published in the early 1970s.-Career:...
- Rohinton MistryRohinton MistryRohinton Mistry is an Indian-born Canadian writer in English. Residing in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Mistry is of Indian origin, originally from Mumbai, Zoroastrian and belongs to the Parsi community. Mistry is a Neustadt International Prize for Literature laureate .-Biography:Rohinton Mistry was...
- Albert F. Moritz
- Simon Ortiz
- John Reibetanz
- Ray RobertsonRay RobertsonRay Robertson is a Canadian novelist and a contributing book reviewer at The Globe and Mail.-Novels:*Home Movies. Cormorant Books, 1997.*Heroes. Dundurn, 2000....
- Colm TóibínColm TóibínColm Tóibín is a multi-award-winning Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and, most recently, poet.Tóibín is Leonard Milberg Lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University in New Jersey and succeeded Martin Amis as professor of creative writing at the...
- Priscila Uppal
- Myna Wallin
- Carleton Wilson
- Rachel ZolfRachel ZolfRachel Zolf is a Canadian poet and literary editor. She is the author of four poetry collections. Human Resources won the 2008 Trillium Book Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award...
- Sheila HetiSheila HetiSheila Heti is a Canadian writer.Heti, who was born in Toronto, Ontario, studied art history and philosophy at the University of Toronto and playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada....
- Rebecca RosenblumRebecca RosenblumRebecca Rosenblum is a Canadian author best known for her short stories.-Life:Rosenblum was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She attended McGill University and received her Honours Bachelor of English in 2001, and in 2007 she graduated from the University of Toronto with a Master of Arts in English and...
- Jim JohnstoneJim JohnstoneJim Johnstone is a reproductive physiologist and Canadian poet. He was born in Stouffville, Ontario and is the author of three collections of poetry: Sunday, the locusts , Patternicity and The Velocity of Escape .Johnstone's work has received numerous awards including Arc Poetry...
- Helen Guri