Brick, A Literary Journal

Brick, A Literary Journal Brick brings international voices to Canadian readers, and Canadian voices to the world, in the widest and most galvanizing exploration of the arts possible.

Brick is a biannual international journal of literary non-fiction based in Toronto, featuring essays, interviews, and insights from the world’s best-loved writers and fresh, emerging voices. It prizes the personal voice and publishes essays, interviews, memoirs, cultural commentaries, and belles lettres on everything from film to food, as well as the occasional story or poem. Both up-to-date and d

eeply engaged with what has come before, the magazine celebrates opinion, passion, revelation, and the occasional bad joke.

"The ability to tolerate aloneness and the wish to be alone in that space is one of the things that makes writing satisf...
07/28/2025

"The ability to tolerate aloneness and the wish to be alone in that space is one of the things that makes writing satisfying."

From the archive: Kamila Shamsie and Gillian Slovo talk about the writing life. Read the conversation from Brick 100 on our website.

https://brickmag.com/mortar-kamila-shamsie-gillian-slovo/
ID: Two images on pale blue backgrounds, one featuring a quote from Kamila Shamsie, the other from Gillian Slovo.

07/25/2025

Melissa Febos reads an excerpt from The Dry Season, featured in Brick's summer issue.

From "Exactly," a story by Kathryn Scanlan featured in the summer issue of Brick. Read on the Brick website!https://bric...
07/23/2025

From "Exactly," a story by Kathryn Scanlan featured in the summer issue of Brick. Read on the Brick website!

https://brickmag.com/exactly/
ID: On a pale blue background, a quote from Scanlan's story.

Announcing our very special, limited-edition collaboration tote bag with artist William Kentridge, featuring 'Small Sil...
07/21/2025

Announcing our very special, limited-edition collaboration tote bag with artist William Kentridge, featuring 'Small Silhouette 7 (Typewriter II).' Inspired by Eleanor Wachtel’s interview with Kentridge from Brick 113. Now available!

https://brickmag.com/product/william-kentridge-collaboration-tote-bag/
ID: 1-A person placing a copy of Brick 113 into the Kentridge tote, showing off the artwork, 2-A person holds the tote on their shoulder, showing the bag's reverse side which reads 'Brick, a Literary Journal' in red.

"Judith Hearne stands alone on the cold perimeter of society and gazes longingly toward the warm centre at everything sh...
07/16/2025

"Judith Hearne stands alone on the cold perimeter of society and gazes longingly toward the warm centre at everything she has ever wanted out of life. But her remoteness from all of the things she wants is also a remoteness from all of the drinking women whose stories have lately found an audience."

Sandhya Thakrar writes about drinking women and Brian Moore’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne in Brick 100.
ID: On a blue background a quote from Thakrar

"British books had a different smell than North American ones. It was the glue or the binding. I remember Mavis Gallant ...
07/14/2025

"British books had a different smell than North American ones. It was the glue or the binding. I remember Mavis Gallant mentioning that as well. And the children in those English books were always much more independent than their North American counterparts, so I came to favour that scent."

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Madeleine Thien about her thirty-three years hosting acclaimed radio program Writers & Company.
ID: On a pale grey background, a quote from Eleanor Wachtel.

New Brick ball caps have landed! Summer in style with our "Work of Art" caps.The flat bill cap: https://brickmag.com/pro...
07/09/2025

New Brick ball caps have landed! Summer in style with our "Work of Art" caps.

The flat bill cap: https://brickmag.com/product/work-of-art-flat-bill-cap/

The dad cap: https://brickmag.com/product/work-of-art-dad-cap/
ID: Four images which show off two new brick ball cap styles. A woman wearing the blue flat bill cap, along with images of someone holding each hat up against the sky to show the front and back. The front of the cap reads "Work of Art" and the back reads "Brick, A Literary Journal"

Don't miss new fiction by Kathryn Scanlan in the summer issue of Brick.https://brickmag.com/exactly/ID: On a pale blue b...
07/07/2025

Don't miss new fiction by Kathryn Scanlan in the summer issue of Brick.

https://brickmag.com/exactly/
ID: On a pale blue background, a quote from "Exactly" by Kathryn Scanlan.

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