ROUGH MAGIC
A harrowing but ultimately uplifting literary memoir-in-essays about living with borderline personality disorder—the most stigmatized diagnosis in mental health.
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Making new friends in your mid-thirties is tough. We’ll take the anxiety out of making new friends with a few simple steps.
It's time to challenge the myths and misinformation around this complex condition, writes author Miranda Newman.
Relative to the well-documented destructive behaviours of people with BPD, there’s a dearth of studies that highlight the positive aspects of the disorder.
Miranda Newman is the author of the new book Rough Magic: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder, from which this essay has been adapted.
I struggled with untreated mental illness as a child. Early intervention could aid youth like me.
I'm using one of my most deeply-ingrained coping mechanisms to achieve control during a pandemic.
Based on a photo essay from AFTERNOON Vol. 1, We Rely on Trees is a look at daily life in a refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border.
This beloved game show host, pop culture icon and sesquicentennial ambassador—plus newly inducted officer of the Order of Canada—is a lifelong champion of his home country.
The Red Couch Tour, a Canada 150 Signature Project, invited Canadians from coast to coast to coast to sit down and say what this country means to them.
Great moments in Canadian television: When an ownerless, nameless German Shepherd roamed the country saving lives and melting hearts.
The boys have charmed audiences across the country as the foul-mouthed, low-brow trio behind Trailer Park Boys—a comedic mockumentary turned mini-empire that now spans 11 television seasons.
Revisiting the shameful treatment of the world's first surviving quints—who were made wards of the Ontario government, and put on public display as tourist attractions.
Cruise back to the early '90s with CrossCountry Canada, the low-tech, long-haul trucking simulation that taught geography to a generation of gamers.
In praise of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne Shirley: The heart of Anne of Green Gables, she's a literary heroine for the ages—and all ages of readers.
Mr. Dressup taught generations of kids to keep their crayons sharp, their sticky tape untangled and to always put the tops back on their markers.
Mona Awad's 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl traces the outline of a weight-obsessed culture.
Photo by: J. Morris
Miranda Newman is a bestselling author and journalist. Her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Broadview Magazine,The Walrus, and more.
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Literary Agent: Samantha Haywood, Transatlantic Agency
samantha@transatlanticagency.com
Speaking Agent: Rob Firing, Transatlantic Agency
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