by inannaadmin | Jan 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nasreen Pejvack, author of Amity, blogs about moving to Canada and first learning about First Nations peoples in Vancouver, reservations, and the politics of Canada as a settler nation.When I first came to Canada, I settled in Ottawa. For the first few months I...
by inannaadmin | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Huey Helene Alcaro, author of “In the Land of Two-Legged Women:, blogs about her relationship with her new book.Well, kiddo, you’re not going to die happy if you don’t at least take a run at it. An early morning thought. I’d been avoiding...
by inannaadmin | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Rhoda Rabinowitz Green, author of Aspects of Nature (forthcoming 2016), ruminates on aging, personal growth, and the unexpected dangers of jay walking. I recently had another birthday. Let’s just say that I am old enough to remember when as kids we got a quarter for...
by inannaadmin | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
S. Noël McKay writes about the upcoming film “Suffragette” and how our votes continue to honour our Canadian grandmothers’ struggles.On October 23, a film will appear that I’m excited about seeing – in contrast to the wretched cinema of...
by inannaadmin | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
S. Noël McKay, author of “Stony Point”, writes about the FIFA women’s World Cup of soccer, women in sport, sexism, homophobia, and the role of the media.I congratulate Team USA on their victory in the FIFA women’s World Cup of soccer. In front of 53,000...
by inannaadmin | Jul 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Rhoda Rabinowitz Green, author of “Aspects of Nature” (2016) writes about her connection to T.S. Eliot’s The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, life, love, aging, and the passage of time. Toward...
by inannaadmin | Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
In Part Three of her 3-part blog series, Christina Park, author of “The Homes We Build on Ashes”, explores the history and origins of midwifery.Midwifery. No one really seems to knows the origin of midwifery. There are plenty of articles,...
by inannaadmin | Jun 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
In part two of her three-part blog series, Christina Park, author of “The Homes We Build on Ashes”, explores Korean history, the Joseon era, political changes, the treatment of women, and the rise of women’s rights.The Joseon era (1392 to 1897) could...
by inannaadmin | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the first of a three-part blog series, Christina Park, author of “The Homes We Build On Ashes” (Fall 2015), introduces us to her book, its themes, and her characters; namely the history of “comfort women” – Meet Min-joo.Outside the...
by inannaadmin | May 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Nasreen Pejvack, author of “Amity” (fall 2015) writes about one of her favourite local bookstores and the importance of independent booksellers.Since I was a little girl, I had always wanted to read anything I could get my hands on. Where I was born...
