About Us

The /tƐmz/ Review is a literary journal based in London, Ontario that publishes fiction, poetry, and reviews. We publish 4 issues per year (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter), and we focus on publishing work from a diverse range of emerging and established voices. Our goal is to reflect a wide variety of editorial perspectives and publish an eclectic mix of writing.

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Co-Founding Editors

Aaron Schneider teaches in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western University, where he also runs the Creative Writers Speakers Series. His stories have appeared in The Danforth Review, filling station, The Puritan, Hamilton Arts and Letters, untethered, and The Chattahoochee Review. His first book, Grass-Fed, is available from Quattro Books. His second, What We Think We Know, is available from Gordon Hill Press. Visit his website here.

Amy Mitchell is a college professor with a PhD in English Literature from Western University. Her reading tendencies have been described as "promiscuous"; she is interested in a wide range of poetry and fiction, and particularly enjoys finding new and interesting works in translation.

Fiction Editor

Sydney Hegele (they/them) is a fiction author, poet, and essayist from small town Southern Ontario. They are the author of The Pump (Invisible Publishing 2021), a National Indie Bestseller, winner of the 2022 ReLit Literary Award for Short Fiction and a finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award. Their novel Bird Suit, a lakeside gothic & queer folktale told through myths, conjecture, witness, and belief, is forthcoming from Invisible Publishing in Spring 2024. Their essay collection Bad Kids, about their experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder through a pop culture lens, will be edited by award-winning memoirist Alicia Elliot and is forthcoming from Invisible Publishing in Fall 2025. They live with their husband and French Bulldog on Treaty 13 Land (Toronto, Canada), the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.

Assistant Editors

Mariapaula Acevedo Ruiz is a queer Latina writer based in Calgary, Alberta. She studied playwriting, screenwriting, and fiction at the University of Victoria, where she recently completed her BFA in Writing and graduated with distinction.

Grace Beato (she/her) is a writer and recent graduate from the Creative Writing and Publishing Honours Baccalaureate Degree program at Sheridan College. As a writer and lover of books, Grace loves to spend her time reading and scouring library shelves.

Hannah Briggs is a queer lover of literature currently working in management at a coffee shop in London, Ontario. In 2018, she earned a BA in English language and literature and creative writing from Western University. More recently, she’s prioritized bettering her mental wellness and developing her writing craft. She reads a variety of poems and narratives, but pieces that experiment with traditional elements of genre, form, and voice compel her most. They particularly enjoy works that explore, analyze, and contribute to a deeper understanding of the intersections of individual perspectives and relational/collective experiences, especially as they pertain to gender and sexuality, religion and the occult, nature, technology, and the elusive and often dark nature of human emotions.

Alex Chappell has been telling stories since before she could speak—ask her grandmother. During the summer of 2020, she had a short story, “Never Lose Your Dog Again,” published in a Canadian collection to support first responders. She received her BA with an honours specialization in English Literature and creative writing. Passionate about sharing literature with others, Alex has been involved in the selection committee of the literary magazine The Rusty Toque and has volunteered to teach youth to improve their reading skills.

Ágnes Cserháti is the former publisher and editor of Rufus Books (2005–2015). Her poetry has won the Hart House Poetry Prize twice and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Gwendolyn MacEwen Poetry Competition. Her first chapbook, unremembered, was published with Frog Hollow Press as part of their Dis/Ability series in 2019.

David Estringel is a Xicanx writer/poet with works published in literary publications, such as The Opiate, Azahares, Cephalorpress, Lahar, Poetry Ni, DREICH, Rigorous, Somos en escrito, Hispanecdotes, Ethel, The Milk House, Beir Bua Journal, and The Blue Nib. David received his BA in English at the University of Texas at Brownsville and his MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Currently, he is a working on his PhD in English (World Literature) and is a Graduate Instructor of Composition at Texas A&M-Commerce. His first collection of poetry and short fiction Indelible Fingerprints was published in April 2019, followed by his second and third poetry collections Blood Honey and Cold Comfort House in 2022. David has written four poetry chapbooks, Punctures (2019), PeripherieS (2020), Eating Pears on the Rooftop (2022), and Golden Calves (coming March 2023). His new book of micro poetry little punctures, a collaboration with UK illustrator Luca Bowles, will be released in December 2022. Connect with David on Twitter @The_Booky_Man and his website www.davidaestringel.com.

MJ Malleck is a first-generation university graduate who studied journalism and wrote corporate copy before returning to her first love, telling stories. She grew up on the Canadian side of the US border and still likes her weather report in Fahrenheit degrees. These days she attends classes and relies on a cadre of wonderful women writers for workshopping and encouragement. Her work has appeared in Entropy, Agnes & True, blank spaces and EVENT. She is working on a collection of shorts and a novel. Twitter @MJMalleck

Molly McCarron writes fiction and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Minola Review, the Globe and Mail, Memoir Mixtapes and Hinterland magazine. She lives in Toronto.

Jenny O'Reilly is a New Zealand/Canadian reader, writer, and editor. She lives in Ontario.

Kit Roffey (They/Them) is a queer non binary writer. They are a graduate of Huron at Western University, holding a BA in English and Cultural Studies. Their work has appeared in Prairie Fire, The Quilliad, Vallum, and Event, among others. They can be found on Instagram @poetry_kit

Leah Sandals (she/they) is a writer and editor based in Toronto. Her poetry and short fiction have been published in Prism International, Room Magazine, Filling Station, Freefall, Dusie, Touch the Donkey, and Mom Egg Review. Her work has been supported by creative writing grants from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council. She has read at the Bi+ Arts Festival, knife | fork | book and other venues.

Michelle Sinclair lives in Ottawa with her partner and six children, three of whom are human. Her first novel, Almost Visible, was published on September 1, 2022 by Baraka Books.

Resident Reviewer

Marcie McCauley's work has appeared in Room, Other Voices, Mslexia, Tears in the Fence and Orbis, and has been anthologized by Sumac Press. She writes about writing at marciemccauley.com and about reading at buriedinprint.com. A descendant of Irish and English settlers, she lives in the city currently called Toronto, which was built on the homelands of Indigenous peoples - Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabeg, Huron-Wendat and Mississaugas of New Credit - land still inhabited by their descendants.

In Memoriam

We were greatly saddened to lose our resident reviewer Carla Scarano D'Antonio in 2023. Please do visit her websites and consider purchasing a copy of Negotiating Capanata (a very strong poetry collection) in her honor.

Carla Scarano D’Antonio lives in Surrey with her family. She obtained her Degree of Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit at Lancaster University in October 2012. Her pamphlet Negotiating Caponata was recently published by Dempsey & Windle (2020); she has also self-published a poetry pamphlet, A Winding Road (2011). She has published her work in various anthologies and magazines, and is currently working on a PhD on Margaret Atwood’s work at the University of Reading. In 2016, she and Keith Lander won first prize in the Dryden Translation Competition with translations of Eugenio Montale’s poems. She writes in English as a second language.

Visit her websites:
http://carlascarano.blogspot.com/
http://www.carlascaranod.co.uk/

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