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Cannibal! The Musical at Vancouver Fringe

THEATRE | Trey Parker’s insane offering, Cannibal! The Musical arrives at Vancouver’s Fringe Festival. Cannibal! The Musical doesn’t need any help to sell out a Fringe Fest venue. ...

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Emotional infidelity: cheating of the mind

CULTURE | Could you be cheating and not even know it? Is emotional infidelity a real thing? Experts say emotional infidelity is real, but word on the street is divided. People can’t even agree on ...

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Sparkle Bunny at the Vancouver Fringe

THEATRE | Vancouver Fringe Fest offers up Sara Bynoe’s Sparkle Bunny: The Last Raver Dancing Sigh. Rave culture was fun. And Sarah Bynoe’s one woman Fringe Fest show, Sparkle Bunny: The ...

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Become a better you with books

BOOKS | Self-help books for the back-to-school season. Forget Bridget Jones and her hook-a-man manuals. Let die the Susan Powter days of your mother. Self-help books have finally jumped into the ...

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Chuck Klosterman is tired, and he hates his new book

BOOKS & CULTURE | Chuck Klosterman is tired. He’s been out promoting his new book Killing Yourself to Live for six weeks and the poor man has had enough. He’s tired of travelling and ...

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The Sweet Edge review, and Q&A with Alison Pick

BOOKS | The Sweet Edge, by Alison Pick, is a book that would probably appeal to almost anybody – if only they knew it existed. It’s the first prose offering from celebrated Canadian poet Alison ...

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Try it out, it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen

So it’s been ages since I’ve posted published stuff, I know. Sometimes I cheat by adding a new cheap blog entry, but it’s been awhile since I’ve added any new articles. It’s going to happen this ...

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A day in Gibsons, BC

TRAVEL | British Columbia is beautiful, but a day in Gibsons, BC isn’t something I’d particularly recommend. City: Gibsons, BC Population: 4,205 Location: A 40 minute ferry ride from ...

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Team writing: novel contest winners spill secrets

WRITING | Three days. Two authors. One book deal. Team writing for the win! The 3-Day Novel Contest is one crazy-ass Canadian initiative, but every year, another winner is born. And last year, ...

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Stephens Gerard Malone Q&A

BOOKS | Dude writes like a lady? Stephens Gerard Malone thinks he has every right to lie about his identity to get published. Men can’t write convincingly about women. At least, that’s what a ...

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Lights will guide you home

Haven’t blogged in awhile cause I’ve been in Toronto. The one and a half people who read this silly site were devastated in my absence, I’m sure. All in all, a very interesting trip. Mostly ...

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Borrow a bias? Rent a gay?

CULTURE | Library launches “borrow a bias” rent-a-person program in Sweden. Got “a gay” in your life? You know, one of those handy sentient stereotypes to cart around? Not to worry. ...

The Write Cup

MIPP Double Finalist

Fourscore

Poetry weekend no. 23

Qwerty 51: Post & Beam

Cannibal! The Musical at Vancouver Fringe

Emotional infidelity: cheating of the mind

Sparkle Bunny at the Vancouver Fringe

Become a better you with books

Chuck Klosterman is tired, and he hates his new book

The Sweet Edge review, and Q&A with Alison Pick

Try it out, it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen

A day in Gibsons, BC

Team writing: novel contest winners spill secrets

Stephens Gerard Malone Q&A

Lights will guide you home

Borrow a bias? Rent a gay?