HLR is turning ten!

We hope you will all join us at Glad Day Bookshop on October 18th at 7pm for a night of readings, memories, great food and prizes!

Here's the list of fabulous guests who will be appearing at our 10th Anniversary party. 10 years = 10 guests, one of whom appeared in our first issue all the way back in 2014.


HLR Vol. 12, issue 1

Our summer issue is now available in print (distributed through Magazines Canada).


Vol. 12, issue 1: online >>>

Available to view for free online for a limited time. The link to view it on the issuu platform is below.


HLR Spotlight #8 is now online!

This edition was created by Bachelor of Creative & Professional Writing (BCPW) students. All stories are written by Humber and Guelph-Humber students and grads. The featured artist for this issue is Cameo Venchiarutti (Visual & Digital Arts program). Congrats to the editorial team and contributors!

Arachnophobia by Cameo Venchiarutti from Spotlight #8


Vol. 8, issue 1 through Vol. 11 issue 2: online >>>

Available to view for free online for a limited time. The links to view these volumes on the issuu platform are below.


Announcing the BCPW contest winners! >>>

The Faculty of Media & Creative Arts’ Bachelor of Creative & Professional Writing (BCPW) program is excited to bring you the five winners of its HLR High-School Spotlight Flash Fiction Contest.


Unbecoming Prophecy: an exercise in psychosis, after Roxanna Bennett

Poetry BY Khashayar Mohammadi

Community Feature // ONLINE EXCLUSIVE (VOL 2, ISSUE 9)


Vol 8, Issue 1: Online Launch Recording >>>

You can enjoy a recording of our first ever video launch, hosted by our intrepid editorial team, and edited by the fabulous Jacq Andrade. We’re grateful to our many contributors who sent in digital readings to celebrate the issue, and to fiction contest judge Waubgeshig Rice for sharing his thoughts.