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Always a Neophyte: John Reibetanz Answers Questions on Afloat
With eight books, various awards, and decades of teaching behind him, one would think John Reibetanz would be used to the pattern of publishing, but he says every new collection makes him feel like… more →
The Book Fridge
Choosing Some "Ambassador Books"
wrote 3 days ago: Since the first foray of the Roving Books experiment will find me (and the books) in the Midwestern … more →
The New Quarterly
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wrote 6 days ago: Wow! Check out the fantastic cover art on the latest issue of The New Quarterly, which just landed o … more →
Nancy Huston's Plainsong evokes my sense of Canadian identity
wrote 1 week ago: Canadian-born writer Nancy Huston has long been one of my favourite writers, and while reading Plain … more →
All Good Children by Catherine Austen
wrote 1 week ago: Bibliographic Information: Austen, C. (2011). All good children. Victoria, B.C: Orca Book Publishers … more →
Plainsong: Nancy Huston's novel reminds me how I'm connected to Canada's pioneers
wrote 1 week ago: Canadian-born writer Nancy Huston has long been one of my favourite writers, and while reading Plain … more →
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
wrote 1 week ago: Bibliographic Information: Boyden, J. (2008). Three day road. Toronto: Penguin Canada. (978-0-14-301 … more →
Enter The Mother Zone
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wrote 1 week ago: “The contradictions abounded–I was happy, but this new core of happiness was accompanied … more →
the silver pocket watch
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wrote 2 weeks ago: tiny things come back to me at strange times, and i’m surprised by the details my brain holds … more →
Book 9: Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
wrote 2 weeks ago: Author: Richard B. Wright Nationality: Canadian Year Published: 2001 On this List because: Won the G … more →
The PEIWG Weekly 5 – 11 May 2013 Edition
wrote 2 weeks ago: Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly! Please accept my apologies for possibly not being able to send out an e … more →
Five Books That Changed My Mind
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Photo from Hey Paul Studios Books that challenge your way of thinking or open you to new ideas make … more →
History as Fantasy: My Honours Thesis on Guy Gavriel Kay Summarized
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Build-Up to my Honours Thesis I was in my second year at McGill University, struggling to find a … more →
Timothy Findley: The Wars (1977) Literature and War Readalong April 2013
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Is it possible to write about WWI – including the trenches, the incapable high command, shell … more →
Always a Neophyte: John Reibetanz Answers Questions on Afloat
wrote 3 weeks ago: With eight books, various awards, and decades of teaching behind him, one would think John Reibeta … more →
How to write a short story: Stuart McLean shares his secrets
wrote 3 weeks ago: Writing is one of the great loves of my life and one of the banes of my existence. The fact is: I ha … more →
A Writer’s Remorse
wrote 3 weeks ago: This is the exact novel I have. Only mine looks like it has been through the ringer. “I loved … more →
PS 8000 collection of early 20th-century digitized Canadiana
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wrote 3 weeks ago: To mark Canada Book Day, we take a closer look at the PS 8000 collection of early 20th-century Canad … more →
A belated Happy Earth Day
wrote 3 weeks ago: “Be the weed growing through the cracks in the cement, beautiful – because it doesn … more →
Pinch of Salt with Claire Wilkshire
wrote 4 weeks ago: Claire Wilkshire’s maxine is a sophisticated, heart-warming, fresh debut about loss, an … more →
