Blogs about: Michael Ondaatje

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I never, ever take a vacation from reading.

Sonja wrote 1 hour ago: In fact, I read even MORE on vacation than I normally do, which puts me way the hell behind on my up … more →

Tags: Sonika's books, Books, Fiction, Heather Armstrong, It Sucked and then I Cried, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, Non-Fiction, Pattern Recognition

The most fascinating film editor ever

cinebaap wrote 3 weeks ago: WALTER MURCH I first got to know about Murch when I read some years back that Michael Ondaatje had w … more →

Tags: Film Craft, Apocalypse Now, Editing, film editor, films, Hollywood, SOUND DESIGNER, The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing, Walter Murch

Primal grunts in a literary paradise

macleans.ca wrote 1 month ago: The Caribbean shimmers in sunlight behind me. Another sea, waves of people, 2,500 strong, sits in fr … more →

Tags: Arts & Culture, Calabash International Literary Festival, Caribbean, Colin Channer, Festival, joseph boyden, Justine Henzell, Kwame Dawes, lawrence hill

Royal City Rag - May 27

Jan Andrea Hall wrote 1 month ago: Royal City Rag on May 27  focused on the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival. Festival Director of Operatio … more →

Tags: Radio Shows, Andrew Hood, CFRU 93.3fm, dan evans, Eden Mills Writers Festival, Jane Hastings, jane urquhart, Leon Rooke, Royal City Rag

Coming Up On Royal City Rag - The Eden Mills Writers Festival

Jan Andrea Hall wrote 1 month ago: We’re devoting the whole of Royal City Rag on May 27 to the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival which … more →

Tags: Announcements, Andrew Hood, CFRU 93.3fm, dan evans, Eden Mills Writers Festival, Jane Hastings, jane urquhart, Leon Rooke, Marie Zimmerman

Old School Review: Billy the Kid

vintagebooks wrote 1 month ago: The VintageAnchor Twitter’s backlist title of the day linked to an LA Times review of the new … more →

Tags: vintage, Old School Review, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

Words That Sing, Eden Mills Writers Festival Fundraiser - May 31

Jan Andrea Hall wrote 1 month ago: You know that summer is just around the corner when we start discussing the wonderful festivals that … more →

Tags: Cultural Events, Events, Eden Mills Writers Festival, jane urquhart, Leon Rooke, Theresa Thibodeau

Review: The English Patient28 comments

bermudaonion wrote 2 months ago: As World War II comes to an end, a young Canadian nurse, Hanna, has decided to stay behind at an It … more →

Tags: Books, World War II, The English Patient

Are Jobs Important?1 comment

ccyager wrote 2 months ago: In the last few weeks, I’ve stumbled across a book several times that’s coming out this … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Novels, Evan Quinn, Alain de Botton, the pleasures and sorrows of work, characters' jobs, Bart Schneider, Edith Wharton

Literary landscape1 comment

stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: Our northern nabes have launched Project Bookmark Canada with the idea of creating a coast-to-coast  … more →

Tags: The Reading Life, Junot Diaz, drown, Bloor Street Viaduct, Project Bookmark Canada, Albany Street Bridge, raritan river, Ted Hughes Poetry Trail

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje5 comments

lena wrote 3 months ago: The English Patient reads like a dream. It takes place in a dilapidated Italian villa as World War … more →

Tags: Literature Reviews, Michael Ondaatje, Fiction, Read in 2009, 1001 Books to Read Before You Die, The English Patient

Book Review: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1992)

coatesn wrote 3 months ago: Ondaatje’s masterpiece puts four unknowns together in an abandoned nunnery and traces the path … more →

Tags: Ondaatje Michael, Books, The English Patient

Waterstones' New Voices 2009 - Interview One - Janice Y. K. Lee

Seamus Swords wrote 3 months ago: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K Lee Janice Y. K. Lee has written her first novel to much acclaim, af … more →

Tags: Fiction, Fiction / Features, Fiction / Interviews, amy hempel, contemporary writer, Contemporary Writers, Contemporary writing, English and American Literature, Except

The Sunday Salon: Read More2 comments

lena wrote 3 months ago: I love spring break, because usually the flowers are blooming and the sun is out. I can wear happy, … more →

Tags: Literature, The Sunday Salon, The English Patient, Jonathan Lethem

Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje

marquisrufous wrote 4 months ago: The unrecorded stories of King/Charles/Buddy Bolden. Intro to Buddy Bolden – Wynton Marsalis … more →

Tags: Fiction, Bookshelf, Canadian fiction, New Orleans, Buddy Bolden, Coming Through Slaughter, jazz, ragtime, fictional history

Wild black pig in white rainstorm

writehanded wrote 4 months ago: I promised I’d share my favourite bit of Michael Ondaatje’s autobiography, Running in th … more →

Tags: writing, life writing, Biography, autobiography, Reading, Running in The Family

The Cinnamon Peeler

lisadalrymple wrote 4 months ago: The Cinnamon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje If I were a cinnamon peeler I would ride your bed and leave … more →

Tags: inspired poetry, poetry-blog, The Cinnamon Peeler

A Bit of the "English"1 comment

waven wrote 4 months ago: Well, as for my last post, good riddance to bad rubbish. (If you haven’t read it yet, feel fr … more →

Tags: Readings, Love, Thief, El Taj, Africa, England, Egypt, Sahara, english patient

David Foster Wallace - R.I.P.1 comment

amyking wrote 10 months ago: Farewell, David Foster Wallace WORTH IT above – Wallace on Charlie Rose. Let it load and … more →

Tags: death, Interview, Life, Literature, nonfiction, pop culture, postmodern, tribute, writer


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