Goth is all but gone from Queen West. Bookstores are closing. Rob “the Jerk” Ford’s approval rating is rising. (Seriously?!) What is my poor city coming to? Forget it. Escapism. That’s what the Internet’s for, right? At least in part? So, change your Twitter language settings to lolcat, and…Oh, wait. Most of these links are …
It’s snowing. A lot. Last night my power went out for three hours, and I had to work in the dark, my only illumination candlelight and the fading glow of a dying laptop. As a result, once again, my kitten’s eyebrows have gone all curly. She’s adorable, but more than a little stupid when it …
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I’m trying to put together my first poetry collection, which is turning out to be way more complicated than I thought. I have all these poems, some of which have been published, but trying to gather them into something resembling a reasonably coherent book is challenging. I’ve never done this before, and I have no …
Organized books, superheroines, toys and badass mice Read more »
Ah, the smell of leaves and awards in the air…Yup, still fall. The winners of this year’s Governor General’s Literary Awards have been announced, and congratulations are due to Linda Spalding for English Fiction (The Purchase) and Julie Bruck for English Poetry (Monkey Ranch). There are numerous other categories of winners for works in both …
Suburbs, porn, contraception, geeks, and a pink lake Read more »