Review: Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages feels more like a cynical cash grab than an homage to a bygone era of rock and roll. In jukebox musicals, the plot is often just a thin excuse for the songs but Rock of Ages tests
Review: Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages feels more like a cynical cash grab than an homage to a bygone era of rock and roll. In jukebox musicals, the plot is often just a thin excuse for the songs but Rock of Ages tests
Canadian Fiction Podcast Episode 2
The second episode of CFP is out and rocking the ears of literature lovers worldwide. The featured author, Charles Demers is a comedian and author. He has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival and as a regular guest on CBC’s The
Canadian Fiction Podcast Episode 2
The second episode of CFP is out and rocking the ears of literature lovers worldwide. The featured author, Charles Demers is a comedian and author. He has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival and as a regular guest on CBC’s The
Preview: God of Carnage
How far would you go to defend what is yours? Yasmina Reza’s award-winning dark comedy God of Carnage explores the sinister side of family values. Translated from its original French by Christopher Hampton, the story takes place over one evening
Preview: God of Carnage
How far would you go to defend what is yours? Yasmina Reza’s award-winning dark comedy God of Carnage explores the sinister side of family values. Translated from its original French by Christopher Hampton, the story takes place over one evening
Canadian Fiction Podcast
After a year of work, we have finally launched our first episode of the Canadian Fiction Podcast. This special double episode features readings and interviews by Indrapramit Das and 2008 Roger’s Trust Fiction Award winner Lee Henderson. Go to the
Canadian Fiction Podcast
After a year of work, we have finally launched our first episode of the Canadian Fiction Podcast. This special double episode features readings and interviews by Indrapramit Das and 2008 Roger’s Trust Fiction Award winner Lee Henderson. Go to the
Review: Catalyst Theatre’s Hunchback
Love, depravity, innocence, vengeance, justice, religion and murder are the meaty themes in Catalyst Theatre’s ambitious adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. With the third instalment to the gothic trilogy that included previous Catalyst productions of Nevermore
Review: Catalyst Theatre’s Hunchback
Love, depravity, innocence, vengeance, justice, religion and murder are the meaty themes in Catalyst Theatre’s ambitious adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. With the third instalment to the gothic trilogy that included previous Catalyst productions of Nevermore
Interview: Tori Amos
Tori Amos has been spending a lot of time with older men lately. Her 12th album, Night of Hunters, is a song cycle based on 200 years of classical music for piano, and writing it required that she get intimate
Interview: Tori Amos
Tori Amos has been spending a lot of time with older men lately. Her 12th album, Night of Hunters, is a song cycle based on 200 years of classical music for piano, and writing it required that she get intimate
Review: Feist
Feist has changed a lot in the last four years. The Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter has returned from her time away from recording with what seems like a deep sense of her own mortality. The dark complex vocal harmonies of Metals,
Review: Feist
Feist has changed a lot in the last four years. The Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter has returned from her time away from recording with what seems like a deep sense of her own mortality. The dark complex vocal harmonies of Metals,
Interview with Dave Lordan
I met award-winning Irish writer and performer Dave Lordan on an unseasonably glorious April day in Bray, County Wicklow, just outside of Dublin. He’d recently returned from a trip to New York where he had been introducing North Americans to his bombastic
Interview with Dave Lordan
I met award-winning Irish writer and performer Dave Lordan on an unseasonably glorious April day in Bray, County Wicklow, just outside of Dublin. He’d recently returned from a trip to New York where he had been introducing North Americans to his bombastic
The Midnight Disease Review
From my review of The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer’s Block, and the Creative Brain by Alice Weaver Flaherty for PRISM international. Alice W. Flaherty remembers the moment she went from being a scientist to being a writer—it was
The Midnight Disease Review
From my review of The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer’s Block, and the Creative Brain by Alice Weaver Flaherty for PRISM international. Alice W. Flaherty remembers the moment she went from being a scientist to being a writer—it was
