SOURCE: An interview in The Canadian Fiction Magazine, No. 55, 1986, pp. 23-40.

The editor of The Canadian Fiction Magazine, Hancock is a Canadian journalist and critic who has edited several books about and anthologies of Canadian literature. In the following interview, originally conducted in late 1985, Urquhart discusses her life, art, and influences.

Jane Urquhart was born in northern Ontario, and now lives near Waterloo, Ontario. She is an accomplished creative writer of both poetic and prose forms. Her poems are collected in False Shuffles; The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan; and I Am Walking In The Garden of His Imaginary Palace, a deluxe limited edition done in collaboration with her husband, artist Tony Urquhart. Her first novel, with a working title of The Whirlpool Dream House, is scheduled for publication with McClelland & Stewart's new Signature series in 1986. She is currently working on a collection of short stories, several...