Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra, “Do it with a Rock Star,” from Theatre is Evil. Last night I attended a concert at the Phoenix with Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra, featuring a solo performance from Jherek Bischoff (I bought the CD, Composed, he was awesome) and The Simple Pleasure. I know a lot […]
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Congratulations to Tamas Dobozy who won the Writers’ Trust prize for fiction for Siege 13, and to Alex Pugsley, who won the Journey Prize for “Crisis on Earth X,” published in The Dalhousie Review. Chad Pelley has more on the winners on Salty Ink, and Lynn Coady offer’s a juror’s perspective on Open Book Ontario. John Barber’s
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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.
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Four minutes of my youngest cat playing fetch with a bouncing eyeball. You’re welcome.
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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
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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).
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