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VIWF: Suffer The Little Children

By monnibo | Published: October 27, 2010

On Wednesday night last week (October 20th)—the second day of the Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival— I headed down to Granville Island to see four authors discuss writing about the parent/child relationship. The complex love between parent and child provides ample ground for novelists. Four Canadian writers have each taken a different tack on this theme in their new works. Emma Donoghue’s five-year-old narrator is trapped in a single room with his mother, while Kathleen Winter’s subject is trapped in a body that is neither fully male nor female. Pascale Quiviger and Robert J. Wiersema approach the theme of Continue Reading »

Posted in Books | Also tagged annabel, bedtime story, breakwater house, emma donoghue, pascale Quiviger, robert wiersema, room, vancouver international writer's festival, VIWF | Comments closed

General Random Stuff

By monnibo | Published: October 24, 2010

Sit down, grab a coffee, because here are some quick updates all at once. Some don’t need individual blog posts, some are long-overdue updates. On Thanksgiving Monday, a few knitters met up and then made a trip to Daiso in Richmond. It’s a ginormous Japanese dollar store. Everything is $2, so some things are a bit expensive while others are dirt cheap. I got lots of awesome goodies and didn’t spend too-too much. I got a lovely little taper vase and some fridge magnets. I also got a magnetic pen holder for my fridge, super useful! I’ve joined the Festivus Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Crafts, Knitting, Out & About, Personal, Pets, Sewing, Swap | Also tagged annabel, bead and jewellery show, daiso, emma donohue, fraser valley bead show, haunted trolley tour, kitten, knitting swap, mountain view cemetary, quilting, sewing, spool of thread, vancouver international writer's festival, vancouver police museum, vancouver trolley company, VIWF | Comments closed

Canada Reads 2011 Recommendations

By monnibo | Published: October 22, 2010

Canada Reads will be celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2010/2011 and have decided to change things up a bit. Before, Canada Reads picked five Canadian public figures and had them champion books for a week-long debate in February. The books were announced in October to give everyone time to read them. This year, Canada Reads has opened it up to the public: what book would you like to see championed during Canada Reads? There are also some more solid rules than before: It has to be written by a Canadian author It has to have been published in the past Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Challenge, Sharing | Also tagged annabel, Canada Reads, cathleen with, cbc, cbc canada reads, february, having faith in the polar girls prison, lisa moore, stephen galloway, the cellist of sarajevo | Comments closed

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