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Kid lit is real lit (interview with Dr. Shelley King)

LITERATURE | On so-called “kid lit” and serious reading. | Q&A interview with Dr. Shelley King. 2018: While at Dose, as mentioned in many of my past posts, I wrote a weekly book column. It ...

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Great YA for grown ups

BOOKS | Books can be embarrassing. Children’s books in particular. But it’s time to stand proud if you love YA. Great YA for grown ups doesn’t feel easy to come by. Just imagine ...

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We’re In Trouble book review

READ | We’re In Trouble book review | Christopher Coake, Raincoast Books. To die would be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan knew it and Christopher Coake does too. His book We’re in ...

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Athletic pole dancing competition, Vancouver

CULTURE | The pole dancing competition trend heats up. Tonight Vaia Zaganas, 30, may become our first-ever North American pole dancing competition champ. This is real. Zaganas is competing in the ...

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Tequila island (yes, it’s real)

TRAVEL | One of the world’s weird places is this ‘tequila island’, but is it a marketing ploy or worthwhile destination? Believe it or not, there is a tequila island in the Caribbean, devoted ...

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Battle of the book clubs

BOOKS | This is a throw down, a showdown, a battle of the book clubs like never before! If only. The truth is, the whole idea of a book club reeks of high school English class, calling to mind ...

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Save our show: campaigns to keep TV shows alive

TELEVISION | Campaigns to keep our favourite TV shows on the air are all the rage. Once a TV show gets axed, convincing a network to change its mind about it is practically impossible. Or at ...

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Gamer girl (SE from EA speaks)

CULTURE | An incognito gamer girl talks about her job as a software engineer in what seems like a dude-dominated arena. 2018: In 2005, I was tasked with writing a piece about video games for ...

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Video games for girls

CULTURE | Video games for girls don’t seem to exist. Or do they? You’d think video games for girls would be a thing. Women are queens on the marketing chessboard. Everyone wants to ...

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Q&A with Kate White (summer reading)

BOOKS & AUTHORS | A short Q&A with Kate White. In the summer of 2005, I was asked to produce a huge summer books preview piece for Dose magazine. I conducted short email interviews with ...

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Q&A with Joanna Goodman (summer reading)

BOOKS & AUTHORS | A short Q&A with Joanna Goodman. In the summer of 2005, I was asked to produce a huge summer books preview piece for Dose magazine. I conducted short email interviews ...

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Q&A with Jaclyn Moriarty (summer reading)

BOOKS & AUTHORS | A short Q&A with Jaclyn Moriarty. In the summer of 2005, I was asked to produce a huge summer books preview piece for Dose magazine. I conducted short email interviews ...