aisling murphy | award-winning culture journalist & critic | toronto

Hi! Bonjour! Привет!

I'm Aisling ("Ash-ling") Murphy. My pronouns are she/her.

I'm an award-winning journalist and critic based in Toronto, ON with bylines at The New York Times, The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, CBC Arts, Postmedia, and more. I'm also the senior editor of Intermission Magazine, and a sessional lecturer at the University of Ottawa.

I was a 2024 fellow at the National Critics Institute, part of the O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT.

I write about Canadian theatre and pop culture, mostly. You can check out my portfolio here.

For freelance inquiries, please email me at aisling.aly.murphy@gmail.com, or use the submission form below.

For Intermission Magazine inquiries, please email me at aisling@intermissionmagazine.ca.

Headshots by Dahlia Katz.