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Hugh Has a Grand Day

Hugh Has a Grand Day

Hugh pushed open the door and walked into the café. His eyes scanned around the room taking in the usual assortment of nondescript caffeine addicts downing their favourite beverage. All were sipping while engrossed in newspapers, books, computers and portable electronic devices.

Hugh walked up to

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NaNoWriMo and an inspiring author: Dean Wesley Smith

NaNoWriMo and an inspiring author: Dean Wesley Smith

I "discovered" this gentleman back in March and found him to be a prolific, disciplined craftsman. It seemed appropriate to reprint the article as a run-up to the month of November when many give themselves the personal challenge of doing the unthinkable: write 50,000 words in 30 days. 

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Robopocalypse: Spielberg confirmed to direct

Robopocalypse: Spielberg confirmed to direct

I have never heard of a book Robopocalypse. Is that title intriguing or stupid? I have no idea who Daniel Wilson the author is. Another one of a zillion would be science fiction authors attempting to get on the New York Times Best Sellers list? However when I see the name Steven Spielberg, well, now

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 April 2012 20:59

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Shane Koyczan: author, poet and performance artist

Shane Koyczan: author, poet and performance artist

This 35-year-old Canadian seems to have started like most of us, in relative obscurity, being born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and growing up in Penticton, British Columbia. These are not necessarily hubs of artistic development in the country but then again, we all start somewhere.

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Ellen Jong: The body as performance art

Ellen Jong: The body as performance art

Ellen Jong is an American photographer and artist born May 22, 1976 in New York City to a mother who is a pediatrician and a father who is an obstetrician gynecologist. She alludes to a connection between parents as medical professionals and the human body as a vessel for physical health and

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Book Review: First Day First Show

Book Review: First Day First ShowDinner table, bed, traffic signal, lounge, multiplex, saloon - These and many more places are what formed various settings for me to read and complete 'First Day First Show'. Simply put, the book is addictive as it gets. Hard to put down and making for a fluid read, this 400 odd page book made of

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Book Review: It Can't Be You

Book Review: It Can't Be YouGripping. That’s what Prem Rao’s debut novel is. He calls it a psychological thriller. I’m gonna call it a psychological crime thriller – the murder of Colonel Belliapa (Retd) is at the centre of the novel. In fact, the first line of the novel states that. The name of the

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