I have an absurd number of books on my to-read shelf. These are books that I’ve bought, and physically have on my shelves, waiting to be read. I don’t know how I’m ever going to catch up, especially with all the neat books that have come out this fall, and the classics I have yet to read. […]
Shelf Life: October 2012 Read more »
Four minutes of my youngest cat playing fetch with a bouncing eyeball. You’re welcome.
Happy Caturday: Lydia chases a bouncy eyeball Read more »
Thursday I went with some friends to see the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The exhibit was excellent – you should definitely check it out while it’s still on (it’s running from October 20, 2012 to January 20, 2013), and the incredible ofrenda. It just happened to be Día
Like a Sir, Artist Unknown Read more »
Fall publishing season is well under way, and it’s also award season! Congratulations to Will Ferguson for winning the Giller Prize for 419, and congratulations are also in order for the winners of the 2012 ReLit Awards: Suzette Mayr for best novel (Monoceros), Greg Kearney for short fiction (Pretty) and Patrick Friesen for poetry (Jumping the Asylum).
Secret passages, zombies, cemeteries and coffins Read more »
Broken Pencil 57 is the prison issue, and I’ve got a few reviews inside.
Four reviews in Broken Pencil 57 Read more »
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
Fun at the IFOA 2012 Read more »
