Tag: canada
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The Great Canadian Song Cycle
Aengus Finnan is asking the public to help build an amazing musical map of Canada. He’s also biking across the country and telling stories on Instagram.
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Let’s give out the 2024 Polaris Prize: Part Two
This is much tougher and more fun than I expected
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How the Giller Prize Became Associated with Genocide
A barnburner in the Walrus about the controversy around the Giller Prize.
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Who Killed Ty Conn? By Linden MacIntyre and Theresa Burke
Anyone who has done the (outstandingly good) tour of the Kingston Penitentiary will have heard the pitch for this book: a career thief and escape artist, Ty Conn was a nonviolent soul sentenced to an outrageously long term in prison. His dramatic escape and the ensuing manhunt dominated the news in the 90’s, and he…
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You can almost smell it
This is a stunning visualization of Canada’s wildfire season in 2023. Where I live, we were under a haze almost all summer.
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Glass Houses by Louise Penny
A woman at a used bookshop I frequent told me that I should read Louise Penny books, and that this was a good place to start. Either she was mistaken or this author just is not for me. The author performs so many narrative acrobatics to withhold information here. Page one introduces us to an…