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In honour of the upcoming International Festival of Authors readings, I am posting a Thomas King review I wrote for the First Look program. (I’m spending the day out of town so no time to write today.) Warning: This review did not pop out of the Blurb-O-Matic however, because I am a big Tom King
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I have received notice from First Look (HarperCollins Publishers) that they will be sending me an “Advanced Readers Edition” of Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. So far I have read and reviewed two books featured by the First Look program: The Red Power Murders by Thomas King and Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia
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Disclaimer: I do not claim to be impartial about this magazine. I know and admire Rene Garcia and Kelly delaflor, the founders of http://www.torontohispano.com/. That said, their site ably fills its niche in the Toronto publishing scene. It’s the best-known and longest running site of its kind in Toronto, complete with radio station, entertainment listings…
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Today my son skated the season’s first 8:15 – 9:15 hockey practice. I knew it went well when he came off the ice smiling and asked if it had only lasted twenty minutes. What a change from last year, when I found just putting on his equipment challenging. “Are your skates too tight? Too loose?
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One of my favorite short story collections is Tom King’s A Short History of Indians in Canada: Stories. I have admired King since listening to his Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour on CBC radio. He explores the truth of our shared experiences to make us laugh, and ache. The first story in the collection, in
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— If you make something passionate and personal enough, it can be somebody’s favorite movie.(Christine Vachon, Producer: Infamous, Hedwid and the Angry Inch…) This quote was made at a Q&A for Velvet Goldmine and it’s one of my favorites from the Film Festival. Vachon could have presented any of the arm-long list of films to
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This year Word on the Street was so big that I ran out of time before I got to the children’s and SF vendors. Too bad for my husband and son. Usually I bring home goodies for them – that is if I don’t bring them along. One reason I was rushed is that this
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Word on the Street Toronto is being held Sunday September 24 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. The link to find out more information is: http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/toronto.php It’s a reading smorgasboard with readings, author signings, live music, food and entertainment for the kids. There are specialty displays on every kind of publishing and writing you can
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