Portelli has reinvented the genre of the short story. One has to move on, with one’s imaginary hopping from one stance to another, from rancour to joy, resentment to kindness, holiness to blasphemy.

Some moments of our lives are the most memorable ones, and are more significant than hours or maybe years… Moments of happiness, loss, embarrassment, moments of hope. Portelli writes about these memorable moments.

Buket Uzuner, Turkish novelist, feminist, environmentalist and animal activist

Portelli’s swift, conceptually clear and sharp short stories provide us with ordinary yet complex social encounters… sublime  encounters that transfer authentic realities into realistic narratives.

Walid Nabhan, Palestinian poet and novelist, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature in 2017

John P. Portelli is a Maltese-Canadian poet and novelist. He is a Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.