Booking Through Thursday:Do your reading habits change in the Spring? Do you read gardening books? Even if you don’t have a garden? More light fiction than during the Winter? Less? Travel books? Light paperbacks you can stick in a knapsack?Or do you pretty much read the same kinds of things in the Spring as you […]
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I was in the pub after at my writer’s circle this week and one of the members made an observation. I never reveal myself in my fiction. She does, automatically. Her novel in-in-progress grows organically out of her life and it is very funny and touching for it. Out of the ten of us, we
I will be attending the Writers Circle of Durham Region Ontario Writers Conference May 2 – 3. Order of Canada recipient Wayson Choy is the honorary patron. As a member of the Writers’ Circle of Durham Region, it will be interesting to see its first Ontario Writers’ Conference. I will miss the Friday master classes
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I stole this fabulous idea from Ebony’s reading blog. Read ‘Em and Eat Party Invite several friends over for a potluck party. Each person brings 3-5 books to give away. Inside each book, guests write their name, number and a brief review of the book. Each person picks several books to take home. After the
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I found a good essay on flash fiction at smokelong.com. This is a site which features lots of stories that can be read in the ‘time it takes to smoke a cigarette.’ I wonder if they’re addictive and dangerous as well. In other news: The first meeting of the new writing group was pleasant, although
I just discovered the Canadian Book Challenge. It looks like fun and best of all, the prizes include Kraft dinner or a hockey puck! I like the idea of reading one book from each province or territory over the next year. The Can Lit I most often read is from Ontario or Quebec and oh
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Happy Thanksgiving! Monday is Thanksgiving (in Canada) and I will be spending it with family at my parent’s cottage in the Kawarthas. I do have a pile of marking to do this weekend but I plan to goof off and enjoy my family as much as possible. My only other ambition is to convince my
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I’ve been looking up Hilton Head, South Carolina, trolling for authors. I’ve already found two, without expanding my search beyond Hilton Head Island itself: Patricia Cornwell has multiple websites, including some scary-looking promo videos for her mysteries. Great fun. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed was fairly contentious when it came out.
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Currently reading: The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, Toronto Life and bits and pieces of other things. What I should be doing instead: Writing, getting things ready for the play I am casting in January, getting ready for the holidays. Necessary procrastination i.e. my top priorities of the moment: Holiday social events. Writing and posting
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This is a picture of Evelyn Lau as an adult. She is currently making her living as a writer so this story has a happy ending. Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid was Evelyn Lau’s first book, based on diaries written after she ran away from home. It is fascinating but also very depressing. Her
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