The long road to publishing is indeed a long road. Duh. But you’ve seen the cover. The first blurbs are in. And they’re good. Again, duh. We have chosen an actor to read the text for the audiobook; he’s worked in Montreal and knows French so he won’t massacre some of the words and names. […]
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A Short Introduction to Settings That Will Only Make Sense Once You Read The Reeds (and yes I’m going to say “read The Reeds” quite often in the coming months)
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Also tagged Chinese food, Cote St. Luc, Fay Wong, golf course, Meadowbrook, NDG, novel, settings, shopping mall, The Reeds, train yards, writing
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2023 Cannot Be Dreamt Away
I am tired of year end reviews. Years can suck for the writer of the review or for the world at large, or can be good for the writer of the review (but rarely for the world at large) but 2023 seemed to continue a string of crap that started with the pandemic that refuses […]
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Also tagged 2023, AI, Bobby Ewing, business, Canada, COP, economy, Elon Musk, enshittification, environment, EV, nothing, politics, Quebec, Spotify, tech, Tik Tok, wealth, writing, year end review
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New Novel Coming But Not For A While
It’s true. I have a new book coming, next year, in the fall, so announcing this now feels silly but I’m going to announce it, if I haven’t already. It’s possible I did. If so, I’m sorry. The book is called The Reeds. It will come out in the fall of 2024. It was supposed […]
Absolutely Useless Thoughts
1. Trump is playing whack-a-mole. He’s been doing it from the start. He wins because he expects you to think in traditional norms. So the playing field is uneven and always has been and then he just starts throwing stuff out there and challenges you to respond to each and every thing because someone is […]
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Also tagged 2016 sucks, Alaska, climate change, fake news, internet, journalism, Leonard Cohen, moose, North Pole, pundits, Trump, Whack-a-Mole
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You Can Hear My Awful Voice
Everyone thinks their voice is awful and I’m “everyone” too so I think my voice is awful. It must be hard for singers. I was on a podcast recently and I talked about my writing, restaurants in Montreal, and my day job. It’s not a must listen or anything, but it’s a surprisingly entertaining 40 […]
En francais, dude
I’m not so ambivalent about reviews now, not with the French version of my book, at least. Because the book is old and the reviews aren’t going to drive me so crazy. And so here’s the first review (that I know of) and it’s good! If not great. And speaking of Attends-moi, I’ll be at […]
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Also tagged Attends-Moi, reviews, Salon du Livre, through the door
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The New Thing
I’m reading this Sunday at a bar on Crescent Street. Not by myself, because that would be unbelievably awful, but with a bunch of other writers. I’m going to read a chapter from Jones. That’s what the new project is called. It’s still in first draft mode. Half way through the first draft. Meaning the […]
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Also tagged cold, Cosmonaut Avenue, Crescent Street, Waiting for the Man
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Book Launch, Appearances and Readings
Here we go. I will add to this as new dates/events warrant. 2015 SEPTEMBER 11, MONTREAL: Lancement de traduction Attends-Moi 17h Café L’Ecarté, 2525 de Rouen There will be more. For sure. And I’ll keep posting them here.
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Also tagged book launch, Ottawa, SLS, Thin Air, Vancouver, Vancouver Writers Festival, Waiting for the Man, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Interational Writers Festival
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Montreal Book Launch
Is all set. Here’s the post from Drawn & Quarterly. More cities/dates will be announced soonish. And away we go!
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Also tagged book launch, Drawn & Quarterly, Waiting for the Man
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