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Theatre Review: Laughs Can't Mask Wounds that Never Heal in Residential School Drama

Jerry Wasserman wrote 1 month ago: The long, sad history of Canadian residential schools and its long, sad aftermath have left scars on … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Tantoo Cardinal, First Nations, firehall arts centre, east hastings, Anglican Church, Canadian Indian Residential School System, residential school drama

A Raucous Romp on the Reserve: Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

M.Z. wrote 3 months ago: It is a double-dose of indigenous literature! I picked up Drew Hayden Taylor’s Motorcycles … more →

Tags: Indigenous literature, otter lake, Canadian indigenous writing, Trickster, indian chief, raccoon, Virgil, reserve, residential school

Quote - Ancestors4 comments

dereknewmanstille wrote 6 months ago: “The same earth you are standing on has been stood on by generations of your ancestors. The air you … more →

Tags: Quotes, Quotes, Past, ancestry

Quote - Unusual Another Way of Saying Special

dereknewmanstille wrote 7 months ago: “To me, strange is just another way of saying unusual. And unusual is just another way of saying spe … more →

Tags: Quotes, Quotes, Unusual, uniqueness

Drew Hayden Taylor

Ann wrote 8 months ago: April 24th, 2009 by blackbird “I fell asleep to the sound of our Ojibway language, our laughter, our … more →

Tags: nations, Tribes, World News, Writers

Books You Can Really Sink Your Teeth Into: A Reading List for Vampire Week 2 comments

dereknewmanstille wrote 8 months ago: By Derek Newman-Stille These are a few of my favorite Canadian vampire stories (note that I say ‘a f … more →

Tags: Fiction Book Reviews, Editorials, Reviews, Kelley Armstrong, Nancy Kilpatrick, VAMPIRE, nancy baker, Vampire Week, Tanya Huff

Quote - All Stories Start Somewhere

dereknewmanstille wrote 9 months ago: “You must remember, all stories start somewhere.” -Drew Hayden Taylor – The Night Wanderer … more →

Tags: Quotes, Quotes, Story telling

Quote - Questions Best Left To Science Fiction Writers

dereknewmanstille wrote 10 months ago: “It was one of those questions best left to philosophers and science fiction writers.” -Drew Hayden … more →

Tags: Quotes, Quotes

Quote- listen to the world around you

dereknewmanstille wrote 10 months ago: “Now I want you to listen… to the world around you. And I want you to smell it too. And feel i … more →

Tags: Quotes, Quotes

Racism4 comments

ultranorthwest wrote 10 months ago: Click on the images to enlarge them: Editors Note: The following post is in response to a conversati … more →

Tags: Canada, Controversy, First Nations, racism

Summer Reading: Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

catrinamcb wrote 11 months ago: Algonquin Reads is a literacy initiative that encourages everyone at the college to read and discuss … more →

Tags: Reading, Teaching, Algonquin Reads, Native Canadian Literature

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor

Cristina wrote 1 year ago: It’s been too long since I last posted–I’ve been busy working on deadlines, but, f … more →

Tags: Fiction, Indigenous literature, Review, Ontario, New Read, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass, vintage canada

Mark your calendar: gritLIT, Hamilton's literary festival starts April 7

mohawkmatters wrote 2 years ago:   gritLIT, Hamilton’s very own literary festival, is just a few weeks away. Below is a summary … more →

Tags: Mohawk College, hamilton, gritLIT, Literary Festival, gary barwin, Karen Solie, "evelyn lau", Trevor Cole, Kathleen Winter

Mark your calendar: gritLIT, Hamilton's literary festival starts April 7

mohawkmatters wrote 2 years ago:   gritLIT, Hamilton’s very own literary festival, is just a few weeks away. Below is a summary … more →

Tags: Mohawk College, hamilton, gritLIT, Literary Festival, gary barwin, Karen Solie, "evelyn lau", Trevor Cole, Kathleen Winter

Passwords: Canadian writers add to The Novelist's Lexicon

Mark Medley wrote 2 years ago: Robyn Asquini for Weekend Post Asking a writer for a single word is like asking the clouds to produc … more →

Tags: Afterword, Antanas Sileika, Charles Foran, Claudia Dey, emily schultz, Johanna Skibsrud, Kathleen Winter, kevin chong, Linwood Barclay

Saint of the Week: Dante Alighieri, Supreme Poet of Italy2 comments

Scholiast wrote 3 years ago: The Salutation of Beatrice by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Throughout Christian history, two ways of livin … more →

Tags: Books, Christianity, Classic Christianity, Weekly Saints, Mediaeval Christianity, Virgil, CS Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Dante

Reading in First Nations: Infrastructures, Access & Imagination Conference2 comments

21stCenturyAnalogBoy wrote 3 years ago: Ahhhh… just spoke at my second academic conference in as many weeks.  This time I flew up to T … more →

Tags: Librarianship, university of toronto, ischool, Faculty of Information, First Nations, Literacy, Far North, Keewaytinook Okimakanak, Thunder Bay

John Ralston Saul in my hat

tgrignon wrote 3 years ago: My wife bought me a fedora as a wedding gift just before we married in 1985 from the Biltmore factor … more →

Tags: Miscellany, writing, Eden Mills, John Ralston Saul, Fedora

Royal City Rag - September 12

Jan Andrea Hall wrote 3 years ago: Royal City Rag on September 12 had everything, one of our best ever shows. Community issues, local p … more →

Tags: Radio Shows, City of Guelph, Guelph Arts Council, Eden Mills Writers Festival, Healthy Landscapes, Hanlon Creek Business Park, leaf, cool communities


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