Amanda Lewis

Last week I was feeling pretty despondent and wrote a letter:   Dear Publishing, Do better. Love, AL   The “Love” was important. After all, it’s an industry I adore, and as Vonnegut said, “God damn it, you’ve got to be kind,” especially when delivering tough news.   Today I’m feeling full, challenged, and reinvigorated […]

Public funding for the arts matters. Thanks to the generous support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, The Reading Line and Charlie’s FreeWheels are proud to present a free Bike & Poetry workshop on August 21. The extraordinarily talented poet Tanya Neumeyer will be leading a bike-themed introduction to spoken word. […]

I’m teaching a special workshop at Ahimsa Yoga Centre in Toronto this Sunday. We’ll explore the creative process and use writing and restorative yoga to ease into increased flow and goal setting.

“I’m turning left. Look, everyone, my blinker is on, and I’m turning left. I am so happy to be alive, driving along, making a left turn. I’m serious. I am doing exactly what I want to be doing at this moment: existing on a Tuesday, going about my business, on my way somewhere, turning left.” […]

I’m so honoured to have been nominated by my peers for the Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The award recognizes my work on Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin. Plus, most of my Page Two colleagues are in town, which is always cause for celebration. Monday, I thought I knew you.

We’re just a few weeks away from on-sale! I can’t wait for all of you to read The New Farm, Brent Preston’s memoir of how he and his family transformed an in-debt farm into a thriving business and a leading light for social change and organic farming. It’s the perfect gift for the small business owner and socially […]

Thanks to the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council, The Reading Line is offering two positions, in marketing and publicity. These paid contract positions will help support our book ride on August 26, 2017, and bring The Reading Line to its next stage of development.   Established in 2014, The Reading Line is an annual literary festival on two […]

I’m delighted to be speaking on a panel next week at TIFF about the legacy of Jane Jacobs. The panel, with Zahra Ebrahim and Hibag Gelle, will follow a screening of Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. Citizen Jane is about the feud between Jacobs and Robert Moses over the proposed development of the Lower Manhattan […]

I’m happy to announce I’ve joined the new Hookup Team at the Centre for Social Innovation. This CSI initiative connects experts with other community members who are looking for professional advice. I’ll be offering free one-on-one consultations on storytelling and marketing. I love helping individuals and organizations use storytelling to create positive social change, and I’m […]

Welcome to the first instalment in my irregular interview series. “Irregular” because I don’t yet know how often I will post interviews, and also because the interviews won’t always follow standard Q&A procedure. Essentially it’s a place to showcase A1 friends, family members, and colleagues doing amazing work. My blog, my rules. First up: one […]