The Hollywoodization of the global market in fiction writing continues apace. The good people who run the booker have announced a new, Nobel-ish sort of prize. It will be given every two years, based on an author’s entire body of work. It is worth something like $150k Canadian. Among the people on the first list: […] More »
Former terrorism-czar Richard A. Clarke’s very scary speculative fiction in the February issue of The Atlantic has been gnawing its way into my brain of late —paranoia r us — and no more so than during my recent travels to and from Ottawa. Hearing Anna Maria Tremonte’s (host of CBC Radio’s The Current) account of […] More »
Ok, so Steve Moore has finally decided that he’s going to sue Todd Bertuzzi. Let’s debate. Be it resolved that Steve Moore is a big whiner who though he could dish it out against Markus Naslund and not receive the standard beating as payback. He broke the code of the game once, and by suing, […] More »
Come out and meet the next generation of journalists next week at a party in support of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Students at Ryerson’s j-school produce two issues of the magazine each year, both due out in April. Stories this year include a look at the relationship between journalists and the cops, and a […] More »
Paul Martin has acquired a number of unfortunate nicknames over the past year — The Jellyfish, Blinky, The Headwaiter — but it appears that one of them will stick: Mr. Dithers. Canadian papers are falling all over themselves reporting on The Economist’s new piece, ‘Mr Dithers’ and his distracting ‘fiscal cafeteria’ “Fiscal cafeteria” doesn’t have […] More »
Just got back from two icy days in Ottawa where I was privileged to be a block away from Parliament for the historic first defeat of the minority Liberal government’s legislazzzzzzzz, oh sorry, I drifted off for a second there. Anyway, I was presenting at “Creating Canada,” a symposium sponsored by the Canadian magazine industry […] More »
It has been less than a week, but I’m in love with the National Post, under new editor Douglas Kelly. Their coverage of the NHL cancellation today is outstanding, and overall the Post is absolutely destroying the Globe and Mail in every area, except Arts coverage. (The Post’s Arts section remains iredeemably trashy.) It can’t […] More »
If you live in Toronto you should check this out….Good music, a good cause…Ain’t nothing better than that. “Welcome to our Living Room” A Benefit for the Toronto Public Space Committee an evening of seven solo performances by: Sarah Harmer Bob Wiseman Jason Collett (broken social scene) Andre Ethier (deadly snakes) Magali Meagher (the phonemes) […] More »