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January 31, 2017Open History - Excerpt from Firing Lines: Three Canadian Women Write the First World War
This Open History post is an excerpt from Firing Lines: Three Canadian Women Write the First World War by Debbie Marshall. Published by Dundurn Press. From Dundurn Press:"Read between the front lines: ...
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October 13, 2020"Writing is One Way to Help to Build a More Livable World" A Conversation with the 2020 Dayne Ogilvie Prize Finalists
The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers was established by Robin Pacific to honour a beloved friend. Ogilvie was a respected editor, writer, and literary manager and his death was devastating ...
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December 04, 2024Sophie Kohn Celebrates the Power of Laughter in Katrina Hyena, Stand-up Comedian
A multi-talented artist who teaches humour-writing as a specialty, Sophie Kohn is no stranger to the effect of laughter and the empowering nature of humour as it develops in young people. This is a ...
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September 28, 2017October writer-in-residence Canisia Lubrin on Poetry's Vast Possibility, Books She's Loved, and Not Getting Writer's Block
Poet Canisia Lubrin's much buzzed about debut Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn) is a powerhouse of a collection. Lubrin is endlessly creative in pulling from science, pop culture, news stories, and ...
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June 14, 2016Special Feature: Adrian Wootton on Shakespeare Adaptation Festival at TIFF
No writer has inspired more film adaptations than Shakespeare — from faithful-to-the-word classics to wildly creative re-imaginings, adapting the Bard's work has fascinated and challenged filmmakers ...
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July 11, 2016Five Things Literary: Ottawa, with Monty Reid
Ontario is a literary province in every sense — it's chockablock with historically significant points of interest that anyone can visit, but it's also full of seemingly simple local spots beloved by ...
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August 05, 2016The Lucky Seven Interview, with Eve Zaremba
The Toronto Women’s Bookstore, Interval House, Rape Crisis Centres, and Broadside: A Feminist Review — Eve Zaremba's legacy for women in Toronto and beyond is so far-reaching it's hard to summarize. ...
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June 08, 2016On Writing, with Tim Falconer
They are plenty of us who dread our turn at karaoke, who wouldn't let anyone hear our shower singing for love or money, who are, to put it plainly, bad singers. Writer and journalist Tim Falconer however, ...
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March 30, 2017Open History - Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting
Our Open History series continues with Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting, from Dundurn Press.Read on after the following description for a Q & A with the author.Raising Royalty: 1000 ...
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January 10, 2017The Dirty Dozen, with Daphna Rabinovitch
Everybody wishes they had a friend like Daphna Rabinovitch. Just imagine being the willing guinea pig of an award-winning ex-executive pastry chef and Canadian Living's Associate Food Editor.You can ...
