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A Truce that is Not Peace – a Book Review

A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’d read two of Canadian writer Miriam Toews’ books – the most famous one, Women Talking (upon which an award winning movie was made ) … Continue reading

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Storytelling

People tell stories so others don’t feel as lonely. I heard this being discussed on an episode of Q on CBC. The author and actress Zosia Mamet was being interviewed about her new memoir “Essays: Does this make me funny.” … Continue reading

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Creative writing step one

I finished up my first ever creative writing course, and got my final grade report. Honours. Cool. This is the first Saturday in the last eight weeks that I haven’t been editing, re-reading, re-hashing a new five page scene for … Continue reading

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