Emira Tufo is the 2019 CBC/Quebec Writers’ Federation writer-in-residence. A lawyer and a writer, Tufo has written for The Globe and Mail, performed at Montreal’s Confabulation, and is the co-author of Montreal Murmurs, a blog about the curious, the funny and the furious aspects of life in Canada’s most mischievous city. She has been featured on CBC’s Homerun and All in a Weekend. (via CBC.ca)
Blog posts
Sale away with me
At the sidewalk sale, every merchant becomes a hawker under open skies
Thoughtful Little Things
A little bit of Montreal magic goes a long way in combating the chilly springtime weather
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not Montrealers
CBC/QWF writer-in-residence Emira Tufo meets the yellow-eyed wolf who serenades Metro commuters
O Come, All Ye (un)Faithful
The votive candles burn on in secular Quebec
C'est ma vie, Verdun
Emira Tufo describes Verdun as being 'a divided land,' but has been seduced by its peculiar charms
Media
All in a Weekend with Sonali Karnick
Emira Tufo laments on her time as writer-in-residence as it comes to a close and her latest piece that delves into the summer tradition of the sidewalk sale in Montreal.
All in a Weekend with Duke Eatmon
Guest host Duke Eatmon speaks to CBC writer-in-residence Emira Tufo about her love for and her adventures in the town of Verdun.
Meet Emira Tufo, CBC/QWF's new writer-in-residence
A lawyer and a writer, Tufo has been 'deeply in love' with Montreal ever since she moved here 10 years ago