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A little green around the, er, Gillers
I went on a little vacation to New England last week, and when I got home it felt like all hell had broken loose in the Canadian literary scene. Incidentally, I was in a great bookstore in Portland ME...
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I was, um, double-booked
Life can get really busy, really fast. Or it can be slow, but still somehow not have any room in it, you know? Box 761 is full these days, but operating in slowtime. Since I last I wrote, I have …...
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credit where it’s due….
A thoughtful piece on e-books by Victoria Ahearn of the Canadian Press, which happens to quote me. And, contrary to what it says, I actually DO pay attention to my credit card. Rest easy, Mr. 761….....
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Graphic scenes
Oh, dear readers, Box 761 has been busy these past weeks. Crazy busy. Work crews in and on my house, Mr. 761 home from KAF, etc. The work crews are great — I love the idea of having a sound … Continue...
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Oooh! the anticipation…
Can’t wait to see what those scamps at CBC have up their sleeves for the CBC Canada Reads extravaganza next week. Read a great article in Walrus Magazine the other day, by one Jeet Heer. Aside from my...
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761 Words about Canada Reads
Hm. Days Two and Three of Canada Reads have come and gone. Terry Fallis’ book The Best Laid Plans is the winner. That is just about all I’m going to say about that. I have been heartened in the past …...
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So You Think You Can Talk Bookies? or, the gameshowification of the CBC Books
I’m back from New Orleans, and in some ways I wish that I were still there. There’s something so great about vacations — that mindset that allows you to concentrate on vital choices such as “drinking...
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Box 761: Special Needs Edition
More interesting than what people write about, sometimes, is what they don’t write about. All sorts of things can inhabit those silences.There have been whole months when I’ve written nothing, and...
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I killed my cat, and other stories: Box 761 Death Edition.
Okay. I’m using that title to shock you. Doesn’t mean I didn’t do it, but the preferred term is “euthanize“. Sounds much nicer, right? Bo was my cat, but before he was mine he was my mother’s. He was a...
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naked cranberry neighbour oatcakes
Okay. What is it with nekkid neighbours? On any given day, without fail, somebody out there searches for “naked neighbour” and comes to my site. The only thing on my site that’s searched for more often...
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