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Ex-Cuban-Political Prisoner Releases Book on U.S. Presidential Elections from Canada
Jose Valladares is a cultured and established Cuban writer/ex-political prisoner who demystifies both American Presidential candidates in his new book...
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Globe 100 for 2008
The Globe and Mail book review section selected its top 100 books for 2008 on Saturday. Included in the list were two of my favourite books of the yea...
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2700-year-old pot found in Chinese tombs
(Caption: One of the mummies found in the Yanghai Tombs near Xinjiang, where the world's oldest marijuana was found. The tombs are believed to belong ...
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The Drowsy Chaperone - A Good Thing In Bad Times
Sometime in the mid 80s during an economic recession, Vancouver Magazine editor, Malcolm Parry decided to run a service piece (a thinly disguised ed...
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Currently Reading: Dumbocracy and Radical Acceptance
Those that follow me over at All Consuming know that I use the service to catalog some of the media I partake in. It will also show up in my shared it...
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HAPPY 150th BIRTHDAY B.C. Douglas Day 2008 at Ft. Langley
HAPPY 150th BIRTHDAY B.C. Douglas Day 2008 at Ft. LangleyThis is the birthday cake given out at the Ft. Langley Community Library. I sneaked...
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That Elegant And Most Melancholy Vanellus cayanus
A few things conspired yesterday to bring on a terrible nostalgic melacholy. A couple of days ago I finished the terrific novel Mr. Darwin's Shooter b...
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Remembrance Day 2008: First Nations Lt. Governor Steven Point attends Chinese-Canadian veterans ceremony in Chinatown
Lt. Gov. Steven Point acknowledges the Chinese Canadian veterans for their support of Aboriginal veterans at Chinatown Remembrance Day ceremonyLt.Cdr....
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Sheila Heti - author and maverick
There are many well known Canadian authors that use their fame to create television shows or robot hand to autograph books around the world without le...
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Beyond Robson |
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We need immigrants, but how to retain them?
Immigration Reforms Put Canada On The Right TrackConference Board of Canada release The convergence of Canada's temporary and permanent ...
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How come it dook so long for Asians and First Nations to get the vote in BC?
Event: Asians, First Nations and the History of the Vote in British ColumbiaA Panel Discussion About the History of Exclusion and How It Has Impacted ...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Tomatoes, Don Tirso & MSG
If there is a better on line dictionary than that of the Real Academia Espa ola I would be very surprised. For years I have suffered dictionary lazin...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Liv Ullmann, Petrus Christus , Fanny Burney & Other Bagatelles
A nicely printed photograph of actress Liv Ullmann leans against the wall in my Robson Street studio. It has been there for at least 10 years. Fewer a...
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Cadman's tape not doctored: court record
It'd be interesting if, and how, Harper would respond to this. hmmm CP - A tape recording at the centre of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's $3.5-mill...
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120 scientists urge Canadians to vote strategically
Press release - More than 120 of Canada's top climate scientists are urging Canadians to vote strategically for the environment in the upcoming federa...
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C.C. Humphreys Nails Another One On The Head
My friend C.C. Humphreys actor, swordsman, historical novel author (and books for young people, too) invited me last night for his book launch. His la...
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Bernier bashes Harper's ‘dictator' style of rule: Couillard
This perhaps is the BEST story in this election campaign. Bravo Ms Couillard! You've added so much colours to this boring month of October. Thank you....
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Raincoast to take on Oxmoors Canadian Distribution on January 1
Effective January 1, 2009 Raincoast Books will take over Canadian distribution for Oxmoor House, whose well-established brands include Cooking Light, ...
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Moral Clarity On Point
MORAL CLARITY: A GUIDE FOR GROWN-UP IDEALISTS shows how resurrecting a moral vocabulary good and evil, heroism and nobility can steer us clear of...
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Georgia Straight: Ricepaper Magazine listed of "Best of Vancouver"
Ricepaper Magazine is the little magazine that could. It has outlasted many other Asian-American and Asian-Canadian magazines cover arts, culture an...
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Georgia Straight: Historic Joy Kogawa House is "Best New Place to Get Writing Done"
Joy Kogawa House is: BEST NEW PLACE TO GET WRITING DONE Pictures:Joy and brother Tim and Kogawa House circa 1944, chery tree and house2007, J...
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The Business of Saving the Earth
Chris Wood, author of DRY SPRING: THE COMING WATER CRISIS OF NORTH AMERICA, has a new essay about the new ecological economics' entitled The Bu...
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School, Gelato & A Fencing Lesson With C.C. Humphreys
In my youth I used 35mm film cameras. They were light and somehow the world was at my feet because I owned a couple. With the advent of my largish and...
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Vancouver food blogs: like eating but without the calories
Here at Metroblogging Vancouver we do a fair amount of food blogging [mbv], but we're certainly not what you would term a food blog. Increasingly th...
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Canadian housing prices overpriced, set to fall: UBC study
UBC release - Homeowners in the majority of Canada's urban centres should be prepared for the possibility of housing market price declines, according ...
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Doodle and Repeat
Although I enjoy lamenting the imminent end of summer, one of the best things about September (besides my birthday!) is that some of the new Fall seas...
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Life Infiltrating Art
The excellent Drawn + Quarterly blog (an invaluable resource for anyone interested in D+Q and Canadian independent comics) points to a fascinating ind...
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Food Glorious (Chinese) Food
The Olympics is making me hungry It is being widely reported that the phenomenal American swimmer Michael Phelps consumes 12,000 calories a day whe...
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Early Blogger Buzz for Graceling
Kristin Cashore's teen fantasy novel Graceling, due out in October, is already generating buzz in the blogosphere. Graceling s main character, Kats...
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Too tough on China?
A rare article reflecting on the attitude of the west upon China by a columnist at Washington Post (can't help to cross post the entire article here. ...
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The Quiet Art of Cartooning
Canadian cartoonist Seth, author of CLYDE FANS, WIMBLEDON GREEN, and IT'S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN, discusses The Quiet Art of Cartooning ...
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Adrain Tomine Tote Bag
Optic Nerve cartoonist/illustrator/author/New Yorker cover artist and Raincoast blog favourite Adrian Tomine has designed this cool tote bag for New...
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Hipsters are Not a Crime
I'm going to make T-shirts that say Hipsters are Not a Crime. After the explosion of anti-hipster sentiments sparked by an article about soccer, and a...
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Joy Kogawa House cited as example as campaign to save Al Purdy cabin in Eastern Ontario starts up
Joy Kogawa House cited as example as campaign to save Al Purdy cabin in Eastern Ontario starts up.How important was it to save Joy Kogawa's childhood ...
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Madeline Thien is reading at UBC Thursday!
Madeleine Thien, author of Certainty, gives reading Thursday at UBC, Thien burst onto the literary scene with her short story collection Simple Reci...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Kate Summerscale Author Video
Bloomsbury, the UK publisher of the THE SUSPICIONS OF MR. WHICHER, have posted an interview with award-winning author Kate Summerscale:A critically ac...
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I feel so alone
Long time readers might have noticed that a lot of our regular posters have not been blogging around these parts much anymore. Even casual readers wil...
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Alex Abella Video
Alex Abella, author of SOLDIERS OF REASON, discusses his new book, the history of the RAND Corporation, and their role in shaping US foreign policy, i...
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Dan Vyleta Author Snapshot at January Magazine
Dan Vyleta, author of critically acclaimed cold-war thriller PAVEL & I, is the most recent Author Snapshot over at January Magazine:Please tell us ab...
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Murder at Hotel Cinema
Daniel Edward Craig, former Vice President at the OPUS Hotel and author of the popular murder mystery, Murder at The Universe, launched the second boo...
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Pavel & I Reviewed at The Edmonton Journal
Dan Vyleta's whip-smart, Berlin-noir spy thriller PAVEL & I received a glowing review from Robert Wiersema (BC author of BEFORE I WAKE) in Sunday's E...
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Adrian Tomine New Yorker Cover
Adrian Tomine, author/cartoonist of SHORTCOMINGS and SUMMER BLONDE (amongst others), has provided this wonderfully wry artwork for the new issue of T...
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Return of the Intrepid Blogger
By Daniel Edward CraigIt's me again! Did you miss me? Did you even notice I was gone? Don't worry, I haven't returned to my old job as general manager...
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Guelph Mercury: Joy Kogawa's new children's book recognized across Canada
Joy Kogawa's new children's book Naomi's Tree is reviewed by Guelph MercuryI am very happy that our saving of Joy Kogawa's childhood home is having ...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Harper's China non-policy
Well said.Ottawa Citizen - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Europe this week in part to lobby the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy to ...
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Morning Brew: May 27, 2008
So I'm sure you heard about the crazy naked man who hijacked some overalls and a semi, then took the cops on a high speed chase through Maple Ridge......
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Beyond Robson |
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Save the CBC Orchestra: Hadani Ditmars reads at Kogawa House
Hadani Ditmars at the April 25th Joy Kogawa House event. At the rear of the house featuring the Cherry Tree featured in the new children's book by...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Republic of Pirate Blog
With the paperback edition of THE REPUBLIC OF PIRATES hitting the shelves this week, it seems only fair to tell those people who can't get enough of ...
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Q & A With Alice Feiring Part Two
Here's part two of our Q & A with wine writer Alice Feiring Click here for Part One!What inspired you to become a writer?Like dancing, writing was...
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Ursula K. Le Guin Reading
Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon have posted a wonderful video of author Ursula K. Le Guin reading from her fantastic new novel LAVINIA and ...
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