Speculating Canada: Canadian Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

June 30, 2013

Speculating Canada ON AIR – A Radio Interview with Sandra Kasturi and Ian Rogers on Trent Radio

For any of you who missed the On Air interview with Sandra Kasturi and Ian Rogers on Trent Radio, here is a digital version of it for you to download.

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June 28, 2013

TRANSformations

A review of Anna Frost’s The Fox’s Mask (Musa Publishing, 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille It is refreshing to see a fantasy book that is set in Imperial Japan. So often, fantasy series are based on a Western Medieval archetype, inferring that this is the only forum for sword and sorcery. Anna Frost, although not Japanese herself, explores the imagery and...

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June 27, 2013

Quote – Silence in the Universe is the Norm, We Are The Aberration

“The universe is, after all, large, and there is much more silence than noise, much more void than matter. Perhaps we are the aberration” – Terence M. Green – The Woman Who Is The Midnight Wind (In Tesseracts)

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June 25, 2013

Tune in to Trent Radio Today at 5:00 for an Interview with Sandra Kasturi and Ian Rogers

Just a short reminder that you should tune in to Trent Radio at 5:00 to listen to an interview with Sandra Kasturi and Ian Rogers. You can access Trent Radio at 92.7 FM within broadcast range or online at trentradio.ca by clicking “LISTEN: OGG & MP3 Streams”.

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June 24, 2013

Spectral Reality

A review of Sandra Kasturi’s Come Late to the Love of Birds (Tightrope Books, 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille In her poetry collection Come Late to the Love of Birds, Sandra Kasturi creates a spectral reality, an assemblage of words that makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar. She reveals the extraordinary in the natural, taking scenes of everyday life...

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June 23, 2013

Upcoming Radio Discussion with Sandra Kasturi and Ian Rogers Tuesday June 25th at 5:00 on Trent Radio

Yesterday, I was in the studio at Trent Radio having a discussion with Sandra Kasturi and Ian Rogers, which will be aired on Tuesday June 25th at 5:00. You can check out our discussion at 92.7 FM in the broadcast range or if you are outside the broadcast range, you can visit Trent Radio online at www.trentradio.ca, where it will...

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June 22, 2013

Quote – Pages Unlock Worlds

“Let pages turn as they may and locks come undone; Let one world unravel, as another’s begun.” Sandra Kasturi – The Soft Key (Come Late to the Love of Birds – Tightrope Books, 2012).

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June 21, 2013

Transformation, Secrets, and a World in Flux

A review of Julie Czerneda’s A Turn of Light (Daw, 2013). By Derek Newman-Stille Julie Czerneda’s A Turn of Light is a transformative text on multiple levels. It is about Jenn Nalynn, a girl on the cusp of womanhood who is confronted with her own changing nature and the need to understand her own place and what has shaped her...

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June 19, 2013

An Interview with Michael Kelly

An interview with Michael Kelly by Derek Newman-Stille I was very pleased when Michael Kelly was willing to share some insights with readers of Speculating Canada. I have been reading his work for years, and was impressed at the depth of his insights and thoughts about Canadian horror. I hope that readers enjoy our conversation as much as I did....

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June 18, 2013

Quote – Like When SF Broadens Vision

“What I like is getting my head turned around. I get off on fresh perceptions, widening horizons, new thoughts, and I like them best when they occur as a process in my own mind, rather than an exposition at which I am a passive spectator/ receiver. What I look for in SF is the story (or verse – occasionallly film...

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