The Literary Review of Canada’s 25th anniversary gala, back in 2016, was a swanky affair. The 30th anniversary, this October, was more subdued: those who had worked on the most recent issue met up at a Toronto pub. Reduced fanfare aside, surviving so long is an achievement, especially for a literary magazine. The LRC exists at the nexus of publishing, journalism and academia — three spheres that have themselves been struggling with seismic changes. Its in-betweenness has made it a hard sell: “We’re a 30-year-old magazine that no one’s ever heard of,” jokes Kyle Wyatt, its editor-in-chief.

Source: thestar November 13, 2021 23:06 UTC