Front, inside front and inside back covers: Original artwork by Lisa Smolkin
Design: Matthew Blackett

• Editor’s Note by Emily Pohl-Weary
• Thoughts on Bookmaking by Paola Poletto
• Modern Art by Nick Guenther
• Jason Loves Cory By Truman Green
• COLUMN! Fear in Love: Present Preoccupations #1-7 by Tamara Faith Berger
• This Poem Is Andy Kaufman by Jon Paul Fiorentino
• We Are Made of Stars by Brian Joseph Davis
• COLUMN! Take Your Passion, Make It Happen: Karine Silverwoman by Zoe Whittall
• A Whale and Two Giant Squids by Amy C. Lam
• Untitled Series 1 by Caroll Planque
• My Trip to the Planetarium by Jennifer Whiteford
• COLUMN! Reality Hacking: The Night Sky by Jesse Hirsh
• Film Business by Vincent Ponka
• Remembering June by Nancy Gobatto
• Cathartic Tics by Ruth Tait
• A Grievance by Moez Surani
• How Could This Happen? by Evie Christie
• The Lives of X and Y by Mark Laliberté
• Astronomy for the Star-Struck: A Scientific Guide to Finding Love Amongst the Stars by Sophie Levy
• Loose Threads and Love Must Have Been Boring Before Electric Guitars by J.C. Bellringer
• Brighter Thread by McKinley M. Hellenes
• Busch Gardens Photo by Shane Allison
• Untitled Series 2 by Caroll Planque
• COLUMN! Good Advice on Love and Stars by Paul Hong 

ILLICIT CRUSH SUPPLEMENT

• Be Mine by Mariko Tamaki
• Starcode by Marie Terrault
• Top-Ten List of Encounters with Canadian Celebs by Dayle Furlong
• Kidman, J.Lo and Ben, and Pirates (from Love Project, 2002/04) by John Abrams
• Her by Ryan Bigge
• Favour by Mark Laliberté
• Northern Autumn by Allyson Marsh
• Dear X by Halli Villegas
• Some Notes on Love and Stars by Von Bark
• Together 1 and Together 2 by Alaina Burri-Stone
• Harold and Lilja by Mariam Firunts
• Stars I Love from Afar by Colleen Baran
• First Kiss by Corey Pierce
• Fan Club by Adrienne Weiss
• Cafeteria Boy by Sherwin Tjia and Bess Winter
• Fate by Åsne Hagen
• Untitled by Leonidas
• Sex Addict by Michael Boettcher
• A Bad Break-up Poem by Leah Rumack
• The Rhodes Photo by Anand Mahadevan

Find out who contributed to issue 9.