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Goodbye For Now

Submitted by lkirshner on August 1, 2009 - 10:49am
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I've had a great time being W.I.R on Open Book Toronto -- thank you to everyone for reading my musings and watching my new-wave video clips. I'm not disappearing entirely, though.

Over the next couple of months, I'll be posting some book reviews (appreciations) and if I can, some photos and writings from my upcoming trip through China.

In September, I start my reading circuit in support of Where We Have to Go. If you're in the area, come by. I'd love to meet you. Here a few selected dates:

On September 20, - Words Alive Literary Festival in Sharon, Ontario.

September 22: Winnipeg International Writers Festival, Winnipeg

September 27: Word on the Street, Toronto

October 5: Reading with Lori Lansens, Ottawa

October 22: The International Festival of Authors, Toronto

November 1-3: IFOA Ontario on the Road (Orillia, Uxbridge, Don Mills and others)

Thank you to Open Book for hosting me. It's been nice having a little blog home of my own. Now I hand it over to the very talented Marianne Paul.

Until soon,

Lauren

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GO AHEAD, KICK SOME WRITERS WHEN THEY'RE DOWN

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Submitted by lrogers on March 15, 2009 - 8:36pm

GO AHEAD, KICK SOME WRITERS WHEN THEY'RE DOWN

Did anyone else get a letter from the Canada Council recently saying that although they were "highly recommended" for a writing grant, there was no funding?

If I weren't fully occupied keeping my door shut against wolves and mailpersons with heavy letters from VISA, I might have clapped my hands and laughed.

Good one!

What have they done with our money? Has Bernie Madoff been crunching their numbers?

Is this revenge for our votes?

And what about our respected literary journals, the nurseries for our literature and international showcases for our stunningly diverse and articulate writers.

Bang, you're dead, says Harper, playing cowboys with his big gun.

Lauren Kirshner

Lauren Kirshner is the author of the novel Where We Have to Go (McClelland & Stewart, 2009). Her short stories, arts reviews, interviews and poetry have appeared in newspapers and literary journals such as The Toronto Star, Now, The Hart House Review and Exile.

Go to Lauren Kirshner’s Author Page