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2007 Talking Stick Festival *
A Kaleidoscope of Aboriginal Art and Expression -- February 5th to 11th, 2007, Vancouver, BC
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2007 Vancouver International Children's Festival *
This year marks the Children's festival's 30th anniversary! May 14 - 21, Vanier Park, Vancouver, BC.
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Book fair heavy on Franco-Ontarian authors *
Few things are as invisible as a French-language book fair in Toronto...
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Can't Judge a Book by its Cover: Authors' fest gets a new jacket *
The International Festival of Authors will be launched tonight in Toronto with a lavish party at Harbourfront Centre's Premiere Dance Theatre, proof positive that it has survived the summer cataclysm of founder Greg Gatenby's ouster. His successor, long-time festival manager Geoffrey Taylor, has cobbled together a 2003 festival that, like some literary fable, contains elements programmed by Gatenby and others by Taylor, with nobody able to tell which is which.
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Canada cool to Hollywood madam *
Another Hollywood celebrity has cancelled a planned visit to Toronto, but this time it has nothing to do with fear of the SARS outbreak.
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Dan Greenberg in Vancouver, 2006 *
Just a reminder that Dan Greenburg will be in Vancouver, April 13th. . .
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Eric Ripert -- Seattle cookbook-signing *
June 18, 2003, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
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Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers *
ISBN:1-894549-40-6
Author:Jill Culiner
Publisher:Sumach Press
Jewish Community Centre, November 21, 2004, Vancouver, BC., 8:00 p.m. -- Author Jill Culiner has uncovered a largely forgotten corner of Jewish history, The Fusgeyers (the Yiddish word for 'foot-goers' — wayfarers) were Jews who fled persecution in Romania in the early 1900s in order to find refuge, ultimately, in the New World.
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Greg Gatenby's departure -- Please don't have a nice day *
'Brilliant Canadian, not as nice as some," was the essence of the reaction to the departure of Greg Gatenby, the founder and director of Canada's best literary festival.
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Harry Potter and the Big Hoopla *
Up and down Vancouver's Oak Street late Friday night, droves of 20-somethings -- Harry Potter fans -- were wearing scarves in the colours of Gryffindor and flowing capes and wielding magic wands in hopes of being among the first to read the highly anticipated seventh book.
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Is there life after Gatenby? *
Now that the emperor of Toronto's acclaimed authors' festival is in exile, SANDRA MARTIN asks what will happen to his empire
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Jewish Book Festival 2004 *
November 20 - 25, 2004, Vancouver, BC
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Jewish Book Festival writers' workshops (1) *
Sunday, November 27th, 2005, 1:00 p.m., Vancouver, BC
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Jewish Book Festival, 2005 *
21st Annual Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival returns with a stellar line-up, November 27 through December 1, 2005, Vancouver, BC
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Lillian Chan at book signing *
The Wellness Options: Guide to Health -- book signing...
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Literary Reading with Lesley Simpson *
The JCC announces an evening reading: Thursday, March 9 at 9:30 am, Vancouver, BC
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Neil Gaiman fall 2005 appearances *
A sampling of appearances in areas of interest to our readers. For more dates and times click here.
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New children's book by Dianna Bonder helps with literacy *
Author appearance, Saturday, April 21, 2007, West Vancouver, BC.
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Once upon a time in the Story Seminar *
I used to be ashamed of some of my film preferences, but thanks to one Robert McKee, I now hold my head high. Here it is: I thought The Mummy was awesome. Pirates of the Caribbean rocked. When I heard they were doing a sequel to the first Charlie's Angels movie, I drooled a little. However, I do have enough critical discernment to state that Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle was unmitigated compost. Once, I might not have possessed the tools to explain to you why I might find Boneheaded Hollywood Confection a pleasure, but its seemingly identical counterpart, Cynical Special Effects Orgy II an inducer of mock gagging noises. The answer can be summed up in one word: Story.
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One day turns 100 *
With ritual sausage-eating, and a breakfast sponsored by Guinness, Dublin leads the way as fans in 60 countries doff their bowlers to James Joyce's Ulysses and its hero, Leopold Bloom, whose story unfolded a century ago. REBECCA CALDWELL investigates.
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Rumours follow Gatenby's exit *
Abrupt departure of Harbourfront literary czar raises questions about future of authors' festival
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Snow + Ice = Accidents *
To help those people who have just had the misfortune of being involved in an accident, Jill Franklin, author of Auto Accident Survivor's Guide for British Columbians is signing books and answering auto accident related questions Save-On-Foods in North Vancouver, South Surrey, Abbotsford, Clearbrook and Burnaby, BC.
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The 'Lit-fest': Poets rush in where Atwood fears to tread *
The really famous authors who attend the spring and autumn literary festivals never show up at the hospitality suite, and I'll tell you why. Simple economics. They can afford to pay for the minibar in their room, whereas the rest of us non-Atwoods and non-Ondaatjes are forced to suffer one another's company in the name of free beer and endless bowls of corn nuts. Thus begins my exposé of the seedy underworld of that most genteel of book-season rituals, the lit fest.
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Writers' fest comes of age *
Montreal's Blue Metropolis writers' festival, which ended on Sunday, has ballooned into a major Canadian literary event in just six years...
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2003 Vancouver International Storytelling Festival *
Finished for this year, Sorry.
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Elisabeth von Hullessem: Dubious dinner date on eBay *
Fraudster tried to auction off a chance to dine with her and hear tall tales of crime.
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Excuse me, your grammar is dangling *
No column I have written in the past three years has provoked as much response as did the two I published this year on common grammatical errors. I have said outrageous things in this space: I expected to be pilloried for my views on drug use; I expected to be publicly executed for my views on marriage. I had almost no response of any stripe about those things. My inflammatory rages fell into a deep silent void, and no echo came back. And yet, I have a stack of letters on my desk -- I mean a real stack, about six pounds' worth -- of painstakingly handwritten letters from people (many of them retired teachers) who are thinking about grammar as much as I am, and thinking about it, apparently, all the time. It is impressive, and refreshing, to see how much passion is tied up in this pursuit.
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Faulkner? Well, not quite *
A Virginia man's wordy parody of Goldilocks and the Three Bears was neither too serious nor too silly, but just right — and judges selected his spoof as the winner of the 14th annual Faux Faulkner contest.
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Gung Haggis World Poetry Night, 2005 *
Celebrating Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year. Monday, January 17th, 2005, Vancouver, BC
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Hay fever *
There's magic at the Guardian Hay Festival, the world's largest gathering of literary lovers. It cast its spell on Margaret Atwood, writes ROBERT MASON LEE, noting the author was downright playful during her appearance
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Is this a flair for fictions? *
A mysterious blond organizer of an allegedly bogus writers' conference is alleged to have other secrets, some of which made it into her novel.
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Jewish Book Festival *
Sorry, finished for this year <--November 16-21, 2002, Vancouver, BC-->
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Literary Madness at Valentine's Day *
This Valentine's Day, The Balthazar Hideaway is the venue for the
the literary event of the season, a benefit for the Federation
of BC Writers.
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