This summer, from July 4 to July 16, Banff is offering a new program, Literary Journalism. Meetings are in-person on the Banff campus. Self knows one of… Read more “Banff Centre for the Arts: Introducing the Program in Literary Journalism”
Tag: Canada
Calling All Emerging Writers!
Enter the Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction Deadline: 1 May 2021 This contest is specifically for writers who have yet to publish their fiction in book… Read more “Calling All Emerging Writers!”
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: WATER
It rained in the San Francisco Bay Area! Finally! Rain was expected in OCTOBER. Anyhoo, it’s mid-morning, sun’s out, rain stopped. So self is documenting. Cee’s Fun… Read more “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: WATER”
The Pacific Rim Review of Books: Self Wants to Eat/Read Everything
Issue Twenty-Three, Vol. 12 No. 1
Explorers of the North
Self has always been fascinated by explorers, which is why she’s writing her novel about 18th century missionaries. She also has a very long story (32 pages… Read more “Explorers of the North”
Freedom! Thinks the 21-Year-Old Narrator
And then Tim O’Brien says, Not so fast. The border with Canada is so close, all the narrator has to do is get to the other side… Read more “Freedom! Thinks the 21-Year-Old Narrator”
Sentence of the Day: “On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien
At some point in mid-July I began thinking seriously about Canada.
Links to Other Earths
English fields in Chris Beebart’s What’s (In) the Picture? Beautiful paintings by Pain(t)h.D. Beautiful picture of High Park, Toronto in crafts.feelings A day at Griffith Island, Port… Read more “Links to Other Earths”
Impregnable Quebec: MONTCALM AND WOLFE, pp 531 – 532
At this point, with less than a hundred pages to go, the Battle for Quebec is finally, apparently going to happen. Quebec’s location requires the British forces… Read more “Impregnable Quebec: MONTCALM AND WOLFE, pp 531 – 532”
P. 443, Montcalm and Wolfe: OMG, Self Can’t Even
So here you have the British and the French armies, hiding in the woods from each other. The British commander (Rogers) forbids lighting fires at night, and… Read more “P. 443, Montcalm and Wolfe: OMG, Self Can’t Even”
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