I’m a freelance culture writer and film critic. I’m also a columnist for The Globe and Mail and a contributing Books editor to Zoomer magazine.

I cover books, design, fashion, and entertainment (often at the intersection of commerce) and belong to the Toronto Film Critics’ Association. I do author interviews and literary essays, and write the popular monthly Novel Encounters fiction column. I’ve written for BBC Culture, CNN Style, Vulture, Zoomer, The Kit, cléo, FASHION, and Noir City and many others, and previously worked at the National Post newspaper, where I spent several years as a senior arts writer, culture columnist and the award-winning editor of Weekend Post Style & Design section.

I’ve been a guest lecturer at TIFF, Toronto Metropolitan University, the Bata Shoe Museum, Hot Docs, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Art Gallery of Ontario. I contribute commentary on TV and radio and have conducted onstage interviews at the International Festival of Authors, the Toronto Public library, and the Vancouver International Film Festival. I’m also the creator and host of Designing the Movies, Toronto’s long-running film series on art direction and costume design at the historic Revue Cinema.

This is me:
nathalie [at ] nathalieatkinson [dot] com

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