Can’t stop eating chocolate? Try the water cure
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2009
French director experiments on Toronto audience
“We can’t rewrite politics, but we can tame it, making a new puzzle out of the same pieces,” Jean-Guy Legault. Théâtre Extrême invites the audience into the back rooms of politics where powerful people are made… Opinion: French director experiments on Toronto audience (Includes first-hand account) Posted using ShareThis
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Opinion: Toronto Police respectful and thorough (Includes first-hand account)
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My first full-length article on DigitalJournal
Do you think cell phone users make dangerous drivers or should the police let us make our own decisions behind the wheel? Decide for yourself, and support my new foray into journalism… I appreciate it. Ontario Bans Cell Phones Behind the Wheel But Is It Enough? Posted using ShareThis
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Cerealboxreader on DigitalJournal
As of today I have been approved as a Digital Journalist at DigitalJournal. The emphasis will be on news stories but I don’t plan to turn my back on books. Do me a favour and check it out. DigitalJournal is an international news site, physically based in Toronto, Ontario. I heard about it through a
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Word on the Street
Here are a few photos from Word on the Street, 20th anniversary edition, Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. Attendance was good, despite the threat of rain. The lineup to have books signed by Margaret Atwood, stretched from the Al Purdy statue across Queen’s Park. I attended a panel on genre, featuring Kelly Armstrong, Robert Charles Wilson
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Margaret Atwood – Live from Word on the Street
Margaret Atwood celebrated the 20th Annual Word on the Street festival with a technological twist. Known for her invention of the LongPen, a multimedia device which allows her to remotely sign autographs and talk to fans, Atwood has gone one step further on the book tour for her latest novel, The Year of the Flood.
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Made to Stick
I enjoyed Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The subtitle, Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, explains much of its appeal. If you want to get across a message that people will understand, remember, and act on, this is your book. A lot of the Heath brother’s advice is common sense but
Word on the Street — Toronto, Kitchener, Vancouver, Halifax
Toronto’s Word on the Street festival is on Sunday September 27, just one week away. It’s one of my favorite book events, an outdoor festival celebrating reading across all ages and genres. There will be readings, music, food and entertainment for kids. It’s an excellent place to pick up discount paperbacks, meet editors or discover
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Suck – Not!
Friday, I went to the premiere of Suck, written and directed by Rob Stefaniuk. How could I pass up a satire about rock ‘n’ roll vampires? This movie is full of little clins d’oeil to rock fans, while at the same time mocking vampire tropes. The fly-eating scene is straight-up Bram Stoker while the stare