Emily M. Keeler | |
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| Born | 16 July 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Book critic, newspaper and magazine editor |
Emily M. Keeler (born 16 July 1987) is a Canadian writer and editor.
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]
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]
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]