Christmas Story by Jeanette Winterson

Every time Winterson disappoints me (and lets face it, we’ve had a string of them…), I remember The Passion, Sexing The Cherry and Art Objects, and of course with all…

King Kong & Brokeback Mountain

King KongThe only thing I remember from the 70s King Kong was the awful mixed feelings I had watching Jessica Lange writhing around in the palm of the big ape.…

Check out the new Rabble book section

Rabble is good stuff, and now they have a book section! Yes, even better. Smart posts, intelligent reviews, this may be the best online window into Canada yet.

Insomniac Press rocks

Ever imaginative Insomniac Press has come up with a great idea: publish the blog musings of Canadian rock stars. They’re starting first with Jan Arden and following up next year…

Marry Me Oprah!

Letterman infiltrates the mind of New Mexico woman. Hey, what if she’s only the first to come forward? If Letterman is speaking in complicated codes maybe there should be a…

Helen Farish Poetry Workshop

Ah yes, the discover-an-object exercise. A good place to start learning the craft of poetry, lets hope it leads somewhere just a little more challenging. And what is this formula…

Zang Er

I’m working on a piece concerning Zang Er whom I heard last Saturday at The Bowery launching a new chapbook. She read the Chinese, Rachel Levitsky, who translated collaboratively, then…

NY Times Exposes on Web Cams & Child Pornography

This is an unbelievably powerful and candid piece about webcams and pedophiles using the net. It’s enough to make you just want to unplug and never log on again… There…

The Ever-Evolving Book

Toronto hipster Hal Niedzviecki on the rapid internet-ization of the book, the niche market joke book, or rise of the ever-digestible, high gloss info-book. NIEDZVIECKI