Month: March 2012
Sat down and
Think of a Canadian love story gone sad and who do you think of? The federal budget of 2012 has made a cut to the CBC of $115 million over […]
Writing Workshop with Sarah Selecky
What do you do when you are writing in a place where no one knows you, or you don’t know the language, and you don’t have a writing group or […]
A Love Story
When I’m at home, I listen to the CBC; when abroad, to the BBC. Naturally, while abroad I start to miss the CBC, and in Canada I miss the Beeb. […]
Exploration and Empire
For the past two Monday evenings I have fallen asleep in front of the BBC program “Empire.” During “Making Ourselves at Home,” on March 5, host Jeremy Paxman went to […]
Parry, Ponga and Pōhutukawa
“As if there aren’t enough horrors right here on earth to turn any man’s hair white without bringing in some unknowns from outer space.” -Simon on UFOs, Man & Other […]
Canadian Writers Abroad 