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December 28, 2012

Year in Review: Speculative Fiction Versus Realist Fiction – from the authors

Well, we have had an amazing year in 2012 on Speculating Canada…. one could even describe it as a fantastic year. Although Speculating Canada has only been around since July, it has been an incredible opportunity to explore Canadian Speculative Fiction and explore the incredible amounts of knowledge that authors bring into the world and lens that they place on...

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December 16, 2012

Quote – All I Really Believe in is Art

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December 5, 2012

Interview with Nancy Baker

An Interview with Nancy Baker by Derek Newman-Stille I have been an admirer of Nancy Baker’s work for some time, so I was really glad that she agreed to do an interview on Speculating Canada. Nancy Baker is the author of novels such as The Night Inside, Blood and Crysanthemums, and A Terrible Beauty. I will let her introduce herself...

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November 30, 2012

Upcoming Interview with Nancy Baker On December 5th

I have been an admirer of Nancy Baker’s work for some time, so I was really glad that she agreed to do an interview on Speculating Canada. Nancy Baker is the author of fantastic novels such as The Night Inside, Blood and Crysanthemums, and A Terrible Beauty. Check out our interview on Wednesday December 5th and hear Nancy Baker’s insights...

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September 12, 2012

The Predatory North and the Cold Lick of Vampiric Frost

A Review of Nancy Baker’s A Terrible Beauty (Viking, 1996). By Derek Newman-Stille Nancy Baker plays with misdirection and ambiguities in her novel A Terrible Beauty. Her characters are not immediately morally good or bad, but straddle a grey line that allows them to dip into darkness and come out shadowy. Like many of her vampire stories, this one is...

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September 7, 2012

Quote – Discovery By What Is Not Answered

“It’s surprising what you can discover by what people don’t say, the questions they won’t answer.” -Nancy Baker – A Terrible Beauty (Penguin Books, 1996)

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September 6, 2012

Books You Can Really Sink Your Teeth Into: A Reading List for Vampire Week

By Derek Newman-Stille These are a few of my favorite Canadian vampire stories (note that I say ‘a few’, I want to save several for Vampire Week next year). Some of these stories challenge the genre, pushing it into new areas, and some represent those classic vampire ideas for a Canadian audience. There is something about the Canadian vampire that...

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