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December 14, 2012

Upcoming Interview with Jerome Stueart on Tuesday December 18th, 2012

Jerome Stueart is the most Northern of the authors I have interviewed, hailing from the Yukon. An American ex-pat, he was able to look at Canadian SF both from an outsider AND an insider perspective. Check out our interview on Tuesday December 18th. I hope that you enjoy his insights on SF in the Yukon, teaching and the education system,...

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November 4, 2012

Bullying, Bodies, and Baddies

A Review of Timothy Carter’s Evil? (Flux, 2009) By Derek Newman-Stille Fitting perfectly with the current interest in the bullying phenomenon and finding ways to stop bullying, Timothy Carter’s Teen Fiction novel Evil? features a queer-oriented teen growing up in a small town in Northern Canada. His town is highly Christian and even teens in this town admonish people for...

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October 30, 2012

A Dance of Blood and Light

A Review of Liz Strange’s The Embrace of Life and Death (MLR Press, 2011). By Derek Newman-Stille A lot of people who see a cover that features two half naked men would assume that a book does not have a lot of substance to it. However, after hearing Liz Strange speak at Can Con in Ottawa, I knew she had...

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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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August 10, 2012

Quote – Save Your Questions on Surreal Nights, Go With The Flow

“This was already turning out to be a surreal night, and I had learned from experience that when things start to take on a Lynchian vibe, it’s always better to save your questions and just go with the flow.” -Ian Rogers – The Ash Angels (Burning Effigy Press, 2010)