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June 27, 2014Forget Cottage Country: 8 Reasons to Summer in the City of Toronto
School’s out and the Canada Day weekend is nigh, but that’s no reason to get out of town. Stay here, and enjoy these only-in-Toronto good things instead:1. Toronto IslandBike down to the ferry docks ...
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February 24, 2017
On Racism 1 of 3
This three part piece is my final for the month. I hope that I've generated debate and sparked conversation. Thank you and take care.On RacismI live in a country that not long before my birth, had an ...
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March 13, 2017
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Becoming a Writer #9: Monica Heisey
Some years in the writing life are better than others. A few years ago I was having a bad one. My draft of The Best Kind of People wasn't working out. I wasn't sure it was ever going to be good enough ...
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May 11, 2017
Kamal Al-Solaylee wins Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing for Brown
Yesterday at the iconic Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, a crowded room full of politicians, authors, journalists, donors, and book lovers waited to see who would be the 2017 winner of the $25,000 ...
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December 11, 201617 for 2017: Casey Mecija recommends Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America
5. Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America by Christine Bacareza Balance recommended by Casey Mecija.Throughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling ...
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December 24, 201617 for 2017: Sarah Joynt recommends The Hour of the Star
10. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector recommended by Sarah JoyntThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...
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December 29, 201617 for 2017: Trish Salah recommends AKA Inendagosekwe
13. AKA Inendagosekwe by Marie Annharte Baker recommended by Trish SalahThroughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books for 2017. To accomplish ...
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December 02, 201617 for 2017: Sheila Heti recommends The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking about People
2. The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking about People by Steven Reiss recommended by Sheila Heti.Throughout my tenure as the December Writer-In-Residence, I will be assembling a list of 17 must-read-books ...
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February 06, 2014Profile: Oni the Haitian Sensatian
With questions about the current place of the African-Canadian/Black writer, I reached out to a number of poets in the community for their expertise. The first -- Oni the Haitian Sensation.Oni the Haitian ...
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December 14, 2017Richard Teleky Examines the "Ordinary Paradise" of the Unnoticed Art That Constantly Surrounds Us
Sometimes it is easy to forget we are constantly surrounded by works of art. In postcards and prints, books and movies, home crafts, and songs on the radio, we experience what author Richard Teleky refers ...
