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• Seven Treasures, Part 4: guest post by Tobin Elliott

  Read the Introduction to this series. TOBIN ELLIOTT is the author of Vanishing Hope, a horror novella published through Burning Effigy Press, with the novel-length follow-up, No Hope, to follow in early 2013. He will also have a short story, “Stealing Corey,” included in the upcoming WCDR anthology Whispered Words, as well as an e-book, [...]

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• Truth in Memoir and Fiction: Getting the Story Right

  Guest Post by Dace Mara Zacs In response to my question, author and speaker Antanas Sileika asked for a show of hands for the last book anyone had read. The room at the WCYR lunch meeting at Aurora Cultural Centre was filled to capacity. We’d all come to hear the artistic director of the Humber School [...]

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• Seven Treasures, Part 3: guest post by Jeff Kamchor

  Read the Introduction to this series. Jeff Kamchor is a father of  two (master of none), a singer in need of a metronome, the uxorious husband of his first true love, and a bullshit artist of some renown. He has type A+ blood, wears size 10 shoes, and is classified as Myers-Briggs Type ENTP. He [...]

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• Children's Authors: Sam Youd (a.k.a. John Christopher) on writing and being edited

  This is Part 2 of the series “Children’s Authors on Writing.” Read also Part 1, on Enid Blyton. by Allyson Latta John Christopher (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) Oh, how eagerly we anticipated those grade 5 reading sessions. When the time came, our teacher would sit on a stool at the front of the classroom, open her book, and [...]

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• Seven Treasures, Part 2: guest post by Rose Coloured's Rebecca Rosenblum

    Introduction to this series. Rebecca Rosenblum’s fiction has been short-listed for the Journey Prize, the National Magazine Award, and the Danuta Gleed Award. Her collection Once won the Metcalf-Rooke Award and was one of Quill and Quire‘s 15 Books That Mattered in 2008. Her first chapbook, Road Trips, was published by Frogs Hollow Press in [...]

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• Life in Pictures: interview with New York City artist and instructor Celia Caro

  CELIA CARO is a contemporary and teaching visual artist with an extensive background in working with students of all ages in schools and non-profit community arts organizations throughout New York City and State. Committed to fostering innovative and motivating approaches to student-centred art education with an emphasis on individual learning styles, creative problem-solving and social consciousness, [...]

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• Seven Treasures, Part 1: guest post by Carin Makuz

  CARIN MAKUZ spends long hours writing short fiction. Her work appears in various literary journals in Canada and the U.K., and has been broadcast on CBC Radio and BBC Radio. She has been working on a novel for a very long time. It’s expected to be completed shortly. She can be found thinking out loud [...]

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