So fellow UVic-ite and soon to be UBC-er Will Johnson won the The Fiddlehead’s Short Fiction competition this year with his piece “Sea to Sky”. It’s a fine read, with clean, straight forward prose, and MiriamToews-esque characters that are full of…
With no cold water in the bathroom, a shower that I can’t stand up in, no stove or oven, and the rent going up we thought it might be time to move. Turns out xkcd got it right about apartment…
Thanks John for putting this together, and to Matthew for his help and encouragement this year! UVic’s The Ring says…. “Erin Fisher is $2,000 richer, thanks to her first-place win for a story originally written as a first-year assignment for…
Two great things are happening this friday, and though I can’t do both I wish I could! Take your pick: Victoria Symphony May 6 at 8pm Alix Goolden Hall VS Principal Violist Kenji performs Jacques Hetu’s Viola Concerto in the…
PRISM says: This year we received over two-hundred and fifty short stories and over three-hundred and fifty poems! Needless to say, the decisions were difficult and the quality of the work was phenomenal. But after weeks and weeks of deliberation,…
Tea Obreht, another “20 Under 40” has published her first novel: The Tiger’s Wife. I read Tea’s short story “Blue Water Djinn” in the New Yorker’s collection, was immediately impressed by the control of the language and structure, and went…
Yes, it’s a add for a wooden I-phone…still–fantastic!
That’s right, I couldn’t wait any longer to let it out. I found out last week that I’ve not only been shortlisted but won PRISM international‘s competition. Expect a formal announcement from them any day now. The judge for this…
Had a great week of New Art in Victoria… 1.Bolen Books sponsored a reading of fiction shortlisted for the M Awards, (monday mag) and there to read were Jack Hogins, Matthew Hooton (my current fiction prof), Robert J. Wiersema, and…
Apparently, listening to music makes eggs healthier. Yes, chicken eggs. “From the day they hatch, the chicks at Chung Hing listen to what 35-year-old farmer Fong Chi-hung calls “age-appropriate” soundtracks: 15 days or younger listen to softer love songs; those…