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Cinema Salon September 7th – Vancouver

Timothy Taylor presents THE THIN RED LINE Tuesday, September 7 at 7:30 pm Director: TERRENCE MALICKCast: Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Woody Harrelson, Sean PennUSA, 1998, 170 minutes// BUY TICKETS Once a month, Melanie Friesen invites a distinguished guest to present his/her favourite film. After the screening, audiences and guests have the opportunity to discuss the […]

Ladies and Gentlemen: Kevin House

The title of Kevin House’s new show – tonight, that is May 6, 2010 at the Red Gate Gallery at 156 West Hastings Street at Cambie – is telling. It’s the grouping title, you could say, of a whole group of strange and wonderful pieces that House has done about Vancouver at some unspecified point in its just-pre-Modernity. […]

Launch Party for Darwin’s Bastards

Fun launch party planned for the anthology of speculative fiction Darwin’s Bastards, to which I contributed the story Sunshine City. I quote from the D&M website: “Are you one of Darwin’s Bastards? There’s only one way to find out. Join the stellar cast of contributing writers at one of two great events we have planned […]

Darwin’s Bastards

A collection of speculative fiction written by writers who (mostly) aren’t known for their speculative fiction. You might have wondered how Zsuzsi Gartner and D&M’s project could possibly work. I’m biased. I have a story in the collection. But I love the results. Great contributions from Adam Lewis Shroeder, Elyse Friedman, Lee Henderson, Sheila Heti, Anosh Irani, lots of others. A […]

Going to Mecca, or its near equivalent

When I was writing my architecture novel, Story House, I had a small library of images that I used to shape my sense of Packer Gordon, the senior architect in the story. It’s no secret that Arthur Erikson was one inspiration, particularly his wooden houses. And especially the beautiful Filberg House. But Vladimir Ossipoff, the Hawaii based modernist, was another […]

Video: W2 Real Writers & Culture Series reading

 The W2 Real Writers & Culture Series was a great success. And the people who run it, besides being literary and enthusiastic, are also very tech-savvy. As a result, just hours after the event, they’ve already posted video of the final reading on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Please watch the whole thing if you can. My short reading from The Blue […]

Candahar Photo Show: 22 Feb 2010

I’ll be reading at the Candahar, 22 Feb. I’m presenting photographs of “wall art” by the local street artists who inspired me during the writing of my upcoming novel The Blue Light Project. The show starts at 7 with a reading by poet Gregory Betts. I’m on around 8:30. Stay after my presentation for a screening of Murray […]