About

Pickle Me This is written and edited by Kerry Clare, and is mainly a literary blog comprising book reviews, author interviews, bookish miscellanea, reading reflections, and sundry other literary curiosities. Though we also find ourselves posting from time to time on other things, including afternoon teas, cakes, delightful days, daughters, friends and family, Mitfords, Miffy, vacations, knitting, bookshops and libraries, elephants, pies, postmen, and avocados.

Kerry reads and writes in Toronto, where she lives with her husband Stuart Lawler, and their daughter Harriet. Her essays, reviews and short fiction have been published in several Canadian newspapers and journals (see below), and she holds a Creative Writing MA from the University of Toronto.

Kerry has been blogging since October 2000, writing mostly about books since 2006. In December 2008, she spoke about literary blogs whilst serving as a panelist on the Arts Matters forum “A Passion for Reading”, hosted by Their Excellencies, Governor General Michaëlle Jean and Jean-Daniel Lafond.

Kerry has worked as a volunteer at The Children’s Book Bank, and she currently serves on the board of Literature for Life.

Contact klclare AT gmail DOT com

My Work In the World

- “True Crime” (essay), Prairie Fire Sharon Butala Special Issue, October 2011 (forthcoming)
- “The Difference of Value Persists” (essay), Canadian Notes and Queries Issue 80, November 2010 (forthcoming)
- “You Can’t Run a Show on Stage Management Alone” (short story), Eden Mills Writers Festival Fringe, September 19 2010
- Book reviews in Quill & Quire
-“Dear Carrie Bradshaw”, BlogHer Syndicate June 2010
- “Anna Lambert Lived and Died”, The New Quarterly114 (online), April 2010
- Interview with Julie Wilson at the CBC Book Club, Jan. 2010
-“Georgia Coffee Star”, UofT Magazine, Winter 2010
-Review of Libby Creelman’s The Darren Effect, Canadian Notes and Queries 76
-Descant Blog Posts ’07-’09
-“At least the baby’s library is ready”, Rona Maynard Guest Post, May 2009
-”What Noise Can Carry” Room Magazine 32.1
-“Real Dirty Laundry”, This Magazine Jan/Feb 2009
-reading at Pivot Readings at the Press Club, Weds. January 28, 2009
-“On Literary Blogs”, A Passion for Reading” (Panelist). Art Matters Forum, Dec. 2008.
-“On a Picnic” The New Quarterly 108
-”Still Born Friends” 2008 Eden Mills Writers Festival Literary Contest (Shortlist)
-“Dancing About Literature” Descant 140
-“The New Peppermint” The New Quarterly 104
-“Slush Puppy” Hart House Review ’06
-“A Big Enough Army” Toronto Star 7/30/06
-“The Philosophy of Elephants” Globe & Mail 2/3/05

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