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Talking to Dave Bidini About Writing Gordon Lightfoot

My first memories of Gordon Lightfoot are hearing his music coming from the old transistor radio in the corner of the kitchen in the house where I grew up in Ancaster, Ontario. Late seventies, early eighties. The radio was always on. I remember hearing Buddy Holly for the first time. I remember Barry Manilow and [...]

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Talking to Nathaniel G. Moore about SAVAGE: The Art of Macho Madness

Check out this interview with Nathaniel G Moore about his interesting new exhibition at The White House in Toronto’s Kensington Market. CRANBURY / MOORE / SAVAGE INTERVIEW The mercurial and evanescent Nathaniel G Moore – check out his eponymous website, Critical Crushes – is curating SAVAGE: CULT OF PERSONALITY, PURE MEDIA & THE ART OF [...]

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Robert Dugoni: This Day We Write! Live Audio from Surrey International Writers’ Conference

I had the pleasure of meeting Robert Dugoni today. He’s a Seattle writer who has come to the Surrey International Writers’ Conference to teach a few master classes, inspire some writers, and maybe blow a few minds along the way. Earlier in the morning I had checked out his website while battling a vintage brew [...]

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Beyond Piracy: Presented at Bookcamp Halifax 2011 (via Skype)

Books, released from the tyranny of their covers, physical dimensions and coordinated distribution networks will transcend themselves into a place where pure creativity and collaboration can exist without the burden of commerce.

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Announcing the First Ever Giller Light Bash Vancouver at the W2 Media Cafe

Announcing the First Ever Giller Light Bash Vancouver at the W2 Media Cafe

From the press release: Scotiabank Giller Light Bash in Vancouver New this year, Vancouver will host a Giller Light Bash at W2 Media Café, deep in the heart of downtown eastside Vancouver. Join members of British Columbia’s publishing, writing communities and readers to celebrate west coast writing on a national stage. Guests will watch the [...]

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Black, Bolen, Borkowski Reading at Type Books, Queen West, Toronto

Books on the Radio, Open Book: Toronto, and Type Books join forces to present a night of short fiction by writers from Toronto and Vancouver.

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Bookcamp Vancouver: Spring 2012 at the W2 Media Cafe #BCVan12

hands-on letterpress sessions, graphic design, social media workshops, aboriginal writing and publishing, build your own ebook, P2P marketing and distribution strategies, agents, community building through events, exploring marginalized writing communities, bookselling, grant writing, collaborative book creation, art and photography books, children’s books, cross-media mash-ups, your great ideas and more.

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