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Not My Typewriter: Cask Days
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Sunday, 20 October 2013. Yesterday, I found my beer soul mate. It may not have been the beer everybody loved the most. It may not have been the one everybody was lining up to try. But it was perfect for me. And it was love at first swig. As soon as I had my first taste of the Saw Dust City Smoked Pumpkin, I knew it was love. It was the beer I've waited my entire (drinking) life to find. Pin Images to Pinterest. 20 October 2013 at 16:38. When I lived in Pennsylvania there was a gr...
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Not My Typewriter: February 2015
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Living Arts: I Read Banned Books. Wednesday, 18 February 2015. This post originally appeared as part of the Hamilton Arts Council's LivingArts series. I can't remember exactly how old I was the first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird. Has been challenged in schools and libraries repeatedly for five decades. Freedom to Read Week. Is just around the corner, taking place this year between February 22-28. The annual event "encourages Canadians to think abou...
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Not My Typewriter: July 2015
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. International Day of Friendship. Thursday, 30 July 2015. Happy International Day of Friendship, friends. 8220;Why did you do all this for me? He asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”. 8212; E.B. White, Charlotte's Web. Post a comment (0). Pin Images to Pinterest. Quotable: This Is Happy by Camilla Gibb. Tuesday, 28 July 2015. Post a comment (1). Pin Images to Pinterest.
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Not My Typewriter: Hipless in Montreal
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Friday, 3 August 2012. In honour of my long-weekend getaway to Montreal, and today's Twitter follow from Conundrum Press. I'm republishing a piece I wrote a few years back that originally appeared on rabble.ca. Set against a backdrop of urban Montreal, The Hipless Boy. Is a collection of 45 semi-autobiographical short stories by Sully, the pen name of poet, graphic novelist and illustrator Sherwin Tjia. Originally a weekly column in the McGill Daily, The Hipless Boy. Montreal's s...
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Not My Typewriter: Fringe Binge #4: Death and Dating
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Fringe Binge #4: Death and Dating. Friday, 24 July 2015. This review originally appeared on Raise the Hammer. Magdalena BB, Dramaturgs: Joanne Latimer, Raymond Ho. Beginning with a gritty version of "You're So Vain," Death and Dating is classed as a musical, but be warned. This isn't The Sound of Music or Chicago. Between the screeches of intentionally bad karaoke versions of pop songs from the 1990s, Magdalena recounts her experiences as a newly single thirty-something. In the p...
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Not My Typewriter: May 2015
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Living Arts: Why Arts Coverage Matters. Friday, 29 May 2015. This post originally appeared as part of Hamilton Arts Council's Living Arts. What's the first word that springs to mind when you think of the Hamilton Spectator. I inevitably held it up to show my better half, and immediately we gave a collective, "Awww." We're predictable like that. Arts coverage matters, and it isn't only crucial because it helps artists and arts organizations fill seats at events or sell copies of t...
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Not My Typewriter: January 2015
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Tuesday, 27 January 2015. This post originally appeared on the Hamilton Arts Council's LivingArts Blog. I learned a new word over the holidays. Tsundoku. Is a Japanese noun meaning "leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled together with other unread books." It's a stunning word, and it, briefly, prompted a New Year's Resolution. This seemed like an obvious resolution - for about five seconds. What writers need is support from their local community, meaning a morator...
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Not My Typewriter: Hamilton Haunts: Quills
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Wednesday, 5 August 2015. The Paper Trail Diary. Explores books, zines, crafts, and letter writing, so it's an obvious choice to be among my favourite blogs. When Jessica, the awesomeness behind The Paper Trail Diary. Announced she was looking for people to highlight stationery stores around the world, I jumped on the opportunity to sing the praises of one of my favourite haunts — Quills. And while you're at it, get in touch with her to give your own virtual tour. Were known as a...
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Not My Typewriter: Fringe Binge #5: The Abigail
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Fringe Binge #5: The Abigail. Monday, 27 July 2015. This post originally appeared on Raise the Hammer. Aidan Tozer and Dylan Stavenjord. Aidan Tozer and Dylan Stavenjord. Aidan Tozer, Dylan Stavenjord, Hilary Wirachowsky, Soroush Toloue, Jennah Foster-Catlack, Damian Murphy, Marienne Castro, Kayla Vanderlip, Richard Mojica. Mature Content, Strong Language, Gun Shots. Overall, The Abigail is an amusing trip through time, but often, it's unnecessarily profane. Baby-faced actors...
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Not My Typewriter: Artist Profile: gosia
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A Book Lover in #HamOnt. Wednesday, 3 August 2011. As a child, my favourite stories were dark and even a little frightening, especially when it came to fairy tales. One of my favourites was. But not the film version where she weds her prince. Instead, I reread this version. Over and over again, reliving her tragic return to the sea. This pull continues today when I see wonderfully gloomy. I instantly fell in love with this Little Red, the focal point of a piece by Toronto-based artist gosia. I really app...
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