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Creative Chaos Now Available in Paperback
Two things are happening right now that have an intense and resonant connection. 1. The Blue Light Project is published…
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The Stock Market with French Flaps
The Blue Light Project has been nominated for a CBC Bookie Award. Thanks to the CBC producers who included…
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They’re Everywhere
Holy stickers Batman. These things have hit Toronto, New York, Halifax… everywhere. Now they’ve reportedly crossed the pond. They’re going…
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Negative Empathy
Should writers of fiction review the work of colleagues? I avoid it personally, and my rational for doing is the…
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Portlandia Update: Canada Days
I had the occasion to attend Canada Days in Portland, Oregon, not long ago. It’s a week-long celebration of Canadian…
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Do You Trust Your Phone?
The Blue Light Project weirdly presages this extraordinary news story: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told smartphone and email users “You’re…
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The Solution to Inequality is Spelled: V-A-T
Early in the Canadian Occupy protests in October, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney described the movement as “constructive” –…
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CBC “cultural secrets”: Byron Cameraman
I’ve written several times in these pages about my friend Byron Dauncey, who is also the street artist known as…
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Save the Red Gate
I’m mid-way through a piece for Vancouver Review on the topic of public art. As a result, I wouldn’t normally…
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