Emily M. Keeler

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Emily M. Keeler
Born (1987-07-16) 16 July 1987 (age 36)
Calgary, Alberta
Occupation(s)Book critic, newspaper and magazine editor

Emily M. Keeler (born 16 July 1987) is a Canadian writer and editor.

Biography[edit]

In October 2014, after serving as a contributing editor for Hazlitt, Keeler became the books editor of The National Post.[1][2] She held the position until December 2015, when she left to take on a senior editor role at The Walrus.[3] Keeler was elected to the Board of Directors of PEN Canada in 2016, taking on the role of Vice-President.[4][5] That same year she left the Walrus to begin work as editor of the Coach House Book series Exploded Views.[6] Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, Maisonneuve and Quill & Quire.[2]

Keeler is also known for live-tweeting her experience of being trapped inside the Yonge and Bloor location of Hudson's Bay Company after the store closed for the evening.[7][8][9] In 2015 she served as a member of the CBC Radio q pop culture panel and contributed to the CBC's Out in The Open.[10]

Little Brother[edit]

In 2012, she founded Little Brother Magazine, a twice-yearly publication of short stories, essays, and visual art. Having evolved from a Tumblr project, Keeler explained at the time of its release that she didn't want it referred to as a journal because "A journal is a dead thing."[11][12] The magazine went on to win gold at the Canadian National Magazine Awards (CNMA) in 2013, for Jess Taylor's story, Pauls, in the Fiction category.[13] Her dedication to keeping the publication as open as possible prompted Canada's trade publishing magazine, Quill & Quire, to name her as one of seven women in the book industry encouraging diversity.[14] Six issues of Little Brother were released between 2012 and 2015.[15]

David Gilmour interview[edit]

Keeler's September 2013 interview with Canadian novelist and University of Toronto professor David Gilmour garnered national attention due to his admission that he prefers not to teach female novelists.[16][17] In an interview with the National Post, Gilmour claimed his comments were taken out of context, explaining to Mark Medley that Keeler was "a young woman who kind of wanted to make a little name for herself."[18] Hazlitt responded by releasing the full transcript of Keeler's interview with Gilmour so that, as editor-in-chief Chris Frey explained, "readers can judge for themselves."[19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robertson, Becky (15 October 2014). "Emily Keeler hired as National Post books editor". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Baluja, Tamara (15 October 2014). "Emily Keeler joins National Post as books editor". jpress.journalism.ryerson.ca. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ Carter, Sue (18 December 2015). "National Post books editor Emily Keeler leaves for The Walrus". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ "PEN Canada's 2016 AGM in Review". PEN Canada. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Board Members". PEN Canada. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. ^ Carter, Sue (21 June 2016). "Personnel Changes: Emily Keeler to take over Coach House's Exploded Views series". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  7. ^ Leung, Marlene (27 February 2014). "Toronto woman trapped in The Bay live-tweets 'terrifying' ordeal". CTVNews. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. ^ Youdan, Caroline (27 February 2014). "Woman gets trapped in the Bay for an hour; live-tweets the whole thing". Toronto Life. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Emily Keeler Gets Trapped In The Bay, Doesn't Meet Jeff The Mannequin (TWEETS)". HuffPost Canada. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Why do Canadians apologize so much?". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  11. ^ Prickett, Sarah Nicole. "New mags put the 'I' at the centre of writing". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  12. ^ Tomson, Gavin (28 October 2014). "Puritan staffer talks to Little Brother's Charles Yao". The Town Crier. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  13. ^ National Magazine Awards (21 November 2014). "Off the Page, with Charles Yao & Little Brother Magazine". Magazine Awards. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  14. ^ Cerny, Dory. "Imprinting change". Quill and Quire.
  15. ^ "LITTLE BROTHER". littlebrothermagazine.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  16. ^ Lornic, John. "Hazlitt stirs controversy and acclaim in its first year". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  17. ^ Keeler, Emily M. "David Gilmour on building strong stomachs". Hazlitt. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  18. ^ Medley, Mark (25 September 2013). "David Gilmour: There isn't a racist or sexist bone in my body". National Post. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  19. ^ "The Gilmour Transcript". Hazlitt. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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