Suddenly – it seems like out of nowhere, this is happening:   There’s a lot going on with my girl lately. Two wheeling on her bike…now reading. Just waiting for her teeth to start wiggling. Ugh…The bike riding was really…

An Ontario bill naming only ‘aggressive’ acts will miss subtle but devastating forms of bullying, school leaders say.

© 2004-2012 Rebecca Bollwitt – Miss604.com. If you are not reading this via official Miss604 channels, this content is being reproduced without permission. I have a new addition to my collection of Vancouver books filled with historical photographs, stories, and information. Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years by Michael Kluckner has just arrived in stores [...]

I’ve never had this happen before. Usually when I read a book I can put it firmly in one category: liked or disliked. Sometimes it’s ‘liked with some reservations’, or ‘disliked with some exceptions’. This is the first time I have ever read a book (or …

Andy Suknaski, award winning poet and visual artist, has passed away at age 69. -Photo sent to me by Dale Caragata. Andy is front-center. Andy was from my home town of Wood Mountain, and I have some memories of him as I grew up. He lived only a block away (not big odds on that, [...]

“Opposition parties accuse the Harper government of stooping to a petty, new low in the muzzling of dissent.” Note that says a “new low”, an acknowledgement that accountability is already at a low point. Rae cited the incident as one of many examples that Canadians are “now living in a democracy with dictatorial tendencies.” Garneau [...]

Have you been seeing the words “Babble Book Club” floating around rabble.ca lately, wondering what this mysterious club is? Well, not only is it rabble.ca’s online book club that takes place right in the babble forum, but we also have an exciting oppor…

In conversation with Russ Grandinetti, Amazon vice-president of Kindle content

During a recent visit to Drumbeg Provincial Park on Gabriola Island I happened to meet local sculptor Elias Wakan and his wife, author Naomi Wakan.

As attention turns toward the mass student strike on the streets of Montreal, ongoing for three months, the Quebec student movement clearly exemplifies the power that activism holds to shape our collective imagination.
The student protests distant from…

Sendak initiated a revolution with ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and other acclaimed works

An Occasional Walker D. W. Walker, 2011  I haven’t read a book like An Occasional Walker since… wow. That takes me back. William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, I think. The style is definitely akin to Burroughs’ “cut-up technique”, whereby bits of text are seeded throughout the chapters, sometimes to help the reader understand, but sometimes [...]
No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

One of the joys—and the point—of festivals like TCAF is discovering artists you’ve never encountered. Here are five of our favourites from this weekend.

You have to be good to get a table at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF): applications are juried. Creators come from all over the world to sell their work, mingle with contemporaries, and spend a weekend in Toronto. While some big names (Pendleton Ward, Kate Beaton, Ryan North) drew fans in droves, there were [...]

In the book “Living Fully- Finding Joy in Every Breath” there is a Question and Answer session with the author Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche which really resonated with me so much that I wanted to share it with you. Question: Many young people are addicted to Facebook and Twitter, or spend their entire day on their [...]

Reminder to self:  Pick up Stephen Hunter’s  novels from the library. 
David Forsmark writing at PJMedia informs us of three writers who, in my opinion, think and write like REAL men.  I have never read Stephen Hunter, but the othe…

Some up-and-coming cartoonists you should know about.

While the Toronto Comic Arts Festival will feature some comics rockstars like Kate Beaton, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Jeff Smith, and Alison Bechdel, there are plenty of less famous artists worth checking out. Here are a few we’ve got our eye on. Emily Carroll Carroll made a name for herself with the 2010 Halloween folktale comic [...]

If you’ve always wondered but never been, here’s your introduction to the annual indie comics fest.

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street) Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE This weekend, happy nerds will descend on the Toronto Reference Library for the fourth annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The free convention takes up residence at the Toronto Reference Library and hopes to give the public [...]

Full Frontal T.O., a new collection of the photography of Patrick Cummins, reveals hidden tales of the naked city.

The CONTACT Photography Festival runs from May 1 to May 31. We’ll be profiling selected artists and shows throughout the month. Full Frontal T.O. Urban Space Gallery (401 Richmond St. W., Suite 117) Book launch: May 9, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Photo exhibition: May 1–May 31; Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m. Free Over [...]

By Michael J.W. StickingsAs you may have heard, one of four versions of Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream, the only one in private hands (the others are in museums in Norway), sold for a whopping $119.9 million ($107 million plus the sale charg…

As a mom (that loves to read) to two children ages 6 & 4 who love to read, I am always on the look out for fun, clean, entertaining books that span their ages and genders. Canadian author Heather Hartt-Sussman provides readers, young and old, with …