Tag Archives: VIWF

Room by Emma Donoghue (book review)

By monnibo | Published: November 8, 2010

I have taken so long to write a review for Room by Emma Donoghue because I don’t really know what to say other than “love love love love it!” I’m still having difficulties expressing what I liked so much about this book. It’s powerful, it’s honest, it’s raw, and yet it’s very endearing. Parts of it are like a scary movie: you can’t not watch. To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It’s where he was born and where he and his Ma eat and play and learn. At night, Ma puts him safely to sleep in the wardrobe, Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Reviews | Also tagged abduction, confinement, emma donoghue, governor general award, kidnapping, man booker prize, motherhood, parenthood, room, vancouver international writer's festival, writers trust award | Comments closed

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, kathleen winter, pascale Quiviger, robert wiersema, room, vancouver international writer's festival | 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, kathleen winter, kitten, knitting swap, mountain view cemetary, quilting, sewing, spool of thread, vancouver international writer's festival, vancouver police museum, vancouver trolley company | Comments closed

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