Attended Micheal Ondaatje’s reading of “The Cat’s Table” last night at the AGPH. Mr Ondaatje read for 40 minutes then answered questions. It turns out that the Cat’s Table is a German phrase for the least important table with the…
Thursday August 18th 6pm-10pm Vancouver is showing off its Literary Journals. I’d really like to go to this year’s Main Street Mag, but am busy this week introducing 7-12 year-olds to music through group piano classes at the Victoria Conservatory…
I’ve been a fan Tim Winton since I read The Turning, his collection of short fiction. His latest novel, Breath, is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Not only is the story itself exhilarating, the…
Glad to get this news this morning! We are pleased to announce the twelve finalists for this year’s Far Horizons award: Erin Fisher, “Suite in Dark Matter” Tanya M. Gadsby, “Skinned Seal” Elaine Hayes, “Rearranging Rainbows”‘ Michael Kissinger, “The Daytime…
Prism sent a few of John K Samson’s comments to John Threlfall and he passed them on to me: Judge John K. Samson felt Fisher’s story was “crafted as tightly as an enduring poem, and is full of fuse-like sentences…
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…
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…