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

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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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Holden and the Phonies opening at some stupid place and other items of note

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Last week I shared a link to a new organization called Canadian Women in the Literary Arts, which I joined, and you may want to consider joining as well, female, male or other – it’s important for all of us. The Vancouver Sun has a great write up, check it out here. Also see this write up

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What you can do to help the Literary Press Group of Canada

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By now you’ve probably heard that the Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG) has lost their funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, without warning. You can read their full press release here. Why this matters LPG represents some 47 independent small presses and some 225 titles – many of them presses that actively work to publish

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