Author Blogs

Upcoming Appearances

None listed on Open Book: Toronto

In the beginning... By Dennis McCloskey “Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.” How many times have you heard this claptrap? I’ve even heard myself blabbering this twaddle from time to time. I mean well.

0 comments

Posted: Dec 31st, 2008 @ 09:09 AM

Upcoming Appearances

None listed on Open Book: Toronto

Kathy Kacer

Saying good-bye!

Time to sign off, folks. I must say, I’ve loved every minute of this gig – enjoyed the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas about the writing world, particularly from the Y.A. perspective.

0 comments

Posted: Dec 20th, 2008 @ 12:12 PM

Upcoming Appearances

None listed on Open Book: Toronto

Linda Rogers

Going Up/ Poem for the Mayor and City Council of Victoria

Going Up The curtain’s going up, so let’s talk about point of view. There are angels with bird’s eye vision, everything beneath as gentle and rolling as quilts sewn by loving hands. Then there are those who lie down in the earth and look up.

More Author Blogs

Posted: Dec 19th, 2008 @ 02:14 PM Nitin Deckha Readings and Interviews Last week, I did a phone interview with Rashi Khilnani, a journalist at Radio Canada International, the international arm of CBC Radio.	Posted: Jan 5th, 2009 @ 02:14 PM Dennis McCloskey In the beginning... In the beginning... By Dennis McCloskey “Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.” How many times have you heard this claptrap?	Posted: Sep 30th, 2007 @ 12:12 PM Todd Babiak Goodbye, Toronto, Goodbye Every writer in the provinces wants to be in Toronto. I cannot live in Toronto, of course, because I have no money and I am scared of smog.
Posted: Mar 6th, 2008 @ 09:21 PM Rick Blechta The shape of things to come Not the most original title, certainly, but it does hit the nail on the head for what I want to say for my last (and sadly) very tardy blog entry for my time as the February WIR here on Open Book Toronto.	Posted: Apr 30th, 2008 @ 10:10 AM Barry Callaghan Everything changes. Nothing changes. (part four) Continued from Everything changes. Nothing changes. (part three). Final blog.... So what is the point? Well, not long ago a man...an icon, a legend, a very special figure in the world of Canadian writing, died.	Posted: Nov 27th, 2007 @ 05:17 PM Lynn Coady Harlan Ellison is my hero Do you remember some rap song from a few years back, the refrain of which was a lilting female voice asking: "Where's my money?
Posted: Oct 6th, 2008 @ 11:11 AM Chris Eaton Something I found funny today Reinforcing how Nitin has started his month of residency here with a much more intellectual approach than my own, I felt strangely compelled to return for at least one more blog just to post this link to a skit on Saturday Night L	Posted: Mar 31st, 2008 @ 04:16 PM Deborah Ellis last entry This will be my last entry for the Writer in Residence blog. It's been a good experience and I'm very lucky to have had this forum.	Posted: May 28th, 2008 @ 09:09 AM Alexander Herman, Paul Matthews and Andrew Feindel On Copyright In an op-ed in the Books section of last weekend's Globe and Mail, John Degen, the head of the Professional Writers Association, argued that the panic over copyright in Canada is a false one.
Posted: Dec 31st, 2007 @ 03:15 PM Anne Hines Accept No Substitutes As I take off the WiR tiara, stash the sash and leave the supermarkets openings and reality show appearances to Miss January, I want to use this final post for some parting thoughts about writing, reading and life.	Posted: Dec 31st, 2008 @ 09:09 AM Kathy Kacer Saying good-bye! Time to sign off, folks. I must say, I’ve loved every minute of this gig – enjoyed the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas about the writing world, particularly from the Y.A. perspective.	Posted: Jan 31st, 2008 @ 08:08 AM Corey Redekop Is this the end? Yup. My tenure as January's Writer-in-Residence has come to its inevitable conclusion. A friend suggested that I end on something controversial to get people talking, but that's not me.
Posted: Dec 20th, 2008 @ 12:12 PM Linda Rogers Going Up/ Poem for the Mayor and City Council of Victoria Going Up The curtain’s going up, so let’s talk about point of view. There are angels with bird’s eye vision, everything beneath as gentle and rolling as quilts sewn by loving hands.	Posted: Aug 31st, 2008 @ 07:19 PM John Scully Eight is Enuff!! Cottagers and tourists can take a hike, not into nearby Algonquin Park where terrorists disguised as bears and moose will surely lurk, but back to their homes in the city.	Posted: Jul 30th, 2008 @ 07:19 PM Beverley Stone THE WALLFLOWER CONFESSIONS 16. The Secret to Living the Writing Life (and no, its not booze) I think, based on my limited experience to date, that the secret is patience -- many levels of patience.
Posted: Jun 26th, 2008 @ 06:18 PM Nathan Whitlock Open and Close And so ends my reign as Open Book's Writer in Residence. Many thanks to Amy Logan Holmes and Clelia Scala and the whole OB:T empire for allowing me to hang around here for the month.	Posted: Oct 30th, 2007 @ 10:22 PM Zoe Whittall Zoe T. Leroy interviews Maureen Medved, author of The Tracey Fragments In 1999, my fabulous then-roomie, Mariko, recommended I read a slim blue book about an impetuous teen named Tracey.