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December 06, 2016
17 for 2017: Kate Bornstein recommends Siddhartha
4. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse recommended by Kate Bornstein Throughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish this ...
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August 08, 2018
Beloved Kids' Books Author Maureen Fergus on the Awkwardness, Excitement, & Unexpected Delights of Publishing
Maureen Fergus' Buddy and Earl Meet the Neighbours (Groundwood Books, illustrated by Carey Sookocheff) is the newest addition to the beloved Buddy and Earl series, which follows the titular friends, a ...
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May 30, 2015
Lollipops
Last Saturday, on a beautiful, cloudy morning in Vancouver, I went for a run on the Seawall. It was no ordinary run, mind you, but day 20 of my 16-week marathon-training schedule. I was to run 14 miles: ...
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May 08, 2014
Guttersnipes: Meags Fitzgerald
TCAF is the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. It is an annual week-long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, featuring readings, interviews, panels, workshops, gallery shows, art installations, ...
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June 26, 2017
The Pram in the Hall
There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall. – Cyril ConnollyMy son Gabe and his wonderful partner Anna got married on the weekend. It was a joyous wedding, a moving ceremony ...
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September 15, 2016
The Word on the Street Interview Series: Cordelia Strube
Cordelia Strube occupies a unique niche in CanLit — known for both her witty storytelling and slyly comic approach to fiction, she's also praised for her keen emotional insight and layered, sophisticated ...
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September 16, 2015
Daydreaming During the Sixth Mass Extinction: a Conversation with Chris Szego of Bakka Phoenix Books
The most horrifying things that I’ve been reading lately haven’t been horror fiction, but non-fiction. I’ve been reading about climate change that’s accelerating faster than anticipated, potential ...
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May 01, 2014
Residential Zoning: Comics, Poutine, and the Publishing Ecosystem
Here's hoping you don't learn anything about me this May.My name is Evan Munday, and if you've heard of me at all, it was probably through my past publicity work at venerable Canadian indie press Coach ...
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April 29, 2022
May Writer in Residence Mark David Smith on His Macbeth Inspired Witch-Detective Series for Kids
If you read Macbeth and thought (like us) "less political scheming and more of those fabulous witches, please", you're in luck because teacher and writer Mark David Smith's The Weird Sisters: A Note, ...
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September 26, 2024
An Enterprising Rat Realizes that Life as a Squirrel Isn't All Peanuts and Scampering in Squirrel-ish
Acclaimed picture book author Bambi Edlund is back with another new title to follow her previous hit, the Texas 2x2 nominated How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps. In the freshly ...