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Jessica Westhead is OBT's June WIR (+ Our June Book Giveaway)

Submitted by clelia on June 1, 2011 - 8:07am
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Jessica Westhead is OBT's June WIR (+ Our June Book Giveaway)

We are delighted to announce that Jessica Westhead is Open Book's June 2011 Writer in Residence! Visit her WIR page to read her blog and her Ten Questions interview and to check out her reading and website recommendations. You can send your questions and comments for Jessica to writer@openbooktoronto.com or post them directly to her blog.

June Book Giveaway: Open Book will be sending one lucky reader a copy of Jessica's short story collection, And Also Sharks (Cormorant Books, 2011), and a copy of her novel, Pulpy & Midge (Coach House Books, 2007). To enter your name in the draw, send an email to clelia@openbooktoronto.com with the title of one of Jessica's reading recommendations. The contest closes on June 30th.

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SO WHAT ARE THOSE WOOL SOCKS TELLING YOU?

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Submitted by solson on March 12, 2009 - 10:29am

SO WHAT ARE THOSE WOOL SOCKS TELLING YOU?

The new story in fashion and design is that everything has to tell a story. That "heritage wear" jacket has to reference your grandpa's lumberjack shirt. (He probably never was a lumberjack, he wore it to drink beer at the cottage.)

That was the idea that menswear designer Joseph Abboud was reflecting when he described his new clothing collection, Black & Brown, as "working class luxury." Because we are all working class now, get it? The line features scrumptious wools, corduroys and cashmere scarves and it was being modelled by young guys in fingerless gloves and newsboy caps. Very Dickensian chic.

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