October 2012

Fun at the IFOA 2012

Thanks to the kind folks at Open Book Toronto I won a poetry prize pack, which included tickets to two poetry events at the IFOA, as well as several poetry books: Killdeer, Rain; road; an open boat, and Omens in the Year of the Ox. The first was a reading and round table with Roo Borson, Sadiqa

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Shelf Life: September 2012

While I was on vacation in visiting my in-laws in England, I didn’t get as much read I typically do. A mere eight books read in September. 119.  The Invisibles, Vol. 4: Bloody Hell in America, by Grant Morrison (Vertigo, 1998) Making my way through them. 120. Mad Hope, by Heather Birrell (Coach House Books, 2012) This

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The death of literature (yes, again…), poetic dendrophiliacs, and other bookish stuff

Though it can seem like it sometimes, the world’s not all bad. Apparently whales are learning to speak human, or at least trying, and that’s pretty awesome. Maybe once they get the hang of it they can advise us how to live better. Canadian publishing is about to get smaller with Douglas & McIntyre filing for bankruptcy

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Literature loves music, feminism, loose morals and My Little Pony

It’s been a while since I last posted one of these. I’ve since been tattooed, been to England to seen the Bap Mobile (that’s not a typo), ((Ok, so I was primarily in England to visit with my in-laws and attend a wedding. But the Bap Mobile, c’mon!)) and run 5k in a pink wig. I’ve been

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