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September 15, 2021Aaron Schneider's Debut Story Collection Plays with Genre Constraints & Brings Readers Into the Experiment
Aaron Schneider's debut story collection What We Think We Know (Gordon Hill Press) asks readers to consider the genre through the lens of the title. What do we know about the short story? Schneider plays ...
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May 30, 2018Aaron Tucker on Writing the Complex Man Who Fathered the Atomic Bomb
J. Robert Oppenheimer is known for his reluctant but irreversible legacy as the father of the atomic bomb and director of the infamous Manhattan Project. But there was more to the man than the bomb, and ...
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July 25, 2024Abbie Saunders Defines an Era for Young Readers in the Nonfiction Book, Generation Z
If the goal of good non-fiction is to build a bridge between the author and the reader, and to shuttle important information over it, then it makes perfect sense that the best way to explain different ...
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October 05, 2022
About that Award
Several months ago, I was sent an e-mail sharing the good news from the Alumni team at Algonquin College that I was to receive an Alumni Award of Distinction for Apprenticeship. I graduated from the ...
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March 19, 2016Accepting Rejection
“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” ― Ray BradburyI've been thinking a lot about the experience of being "rejected" and getting "accepted" and the strange similitude ...
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April 13, 2020Access Copyright Extends Canadian Writers' Emergency Relief Fund With $100,000 Donation
These days, any good news is a welcome distraction. And for Canadian writers affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, this is good news indeed!A generous $100,000 donation from licensing organization Access ...
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December 17, 2024Acclaimed Artist David Gagnon Walker Guides the Audience Through Fear and Anxiety in an Immersive, Interactive Stage Play
It has been said that, if David Gagnon Walker's name appears on a theatre playbill, the audience should prepare themselves for the unexpected. The playwright has created some of the most interesting ...
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April 25, 2025Acclaimed Author Andrew Forbes Explores the Many Interesting Lives that are Made Around Baseball in Field Work
The work of Andrew Forbes has featured on Open Book a number of times in recents years, and the versatility of the author's work is plain to see. From novels to novellas to short fiction, he has won ...
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March 06, 2025Acclaimed Author Vijay Khurana Explores the Complexity of Male Friendships in His Debut Novel
With accolades already piling up for his previous writing and translation work, readers will be eager to dig into the debut novel from Vijay Khurana. The author has studied complex relationships dynamics ...
