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Danijel Matijević

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A Popular History Disguised

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A People’s History of Quebec, Jacques Lacoursière and Robin Philpot, Baraka Books

by Danijel Matijević
31.01.2010

Quite accidentally, I met Mr. Lacoursière at Pointe-à-Callière Museum’s 18th century New France Public Market event, in which he was playing the role of an “historien.” Dressed in a wide-collared frock, waistcoat, breeches, and a smart tricorne hat, he stood close to a group of raucous fishermen from Gaspé who were quarreling with three soldiers [...]

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Celebrating Raw Talent & Energy

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Expozine, Église Saint-Enfant Jésus

by Danijel Matijević
21.11.2009

In the words of the organizers, Expozine, Montreal’s Annual Small Press, Comic and Zine Fair, “was created to help the small press community and local writers and artists meet each other and reach new readers.” Sounds simple and tame. But these tidy descriptions don’t really cut it. Expozine is raw.

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Of Sweet Loves and Sadnesses

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Fall, Colin McAdam, Penguin Canada

by Danijel Matijević
13.09.2009

The flutter of butterfly wings upsetting the air can eventually cause a hurricane. The flutter of thoughts, desires, and impressions, peer dynamics and adolescent insecurities upsetting the norm of the everyday can eventually cause disasters, in a way that scars us for life. Set in a prestigious Ottawa boarding school, Colin McAdam’s second novel delves [...]

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BOOKS

A Scrapbook of History

THIS ISLAND IN TIME: REMARKABLE TALES FROM MONTREAL’S PAST John Kalbfleisch, Véhicule

by Danijel Matijević
14.03.2009

HIRED GUNS, KOOKS, AND COMMUNIST SPIES join hands with pious nuns, royal-blooded natives, and Irish invaders in this overview of the seldom mentioned and unusual in the close to 400 years of our beloved Montreal. This Island’s tales are informative, captivating, often exciting, every bit of the city’s history, every one of its street corners [...]

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BOOKS

The Future is Now

AMBROSIA: ABOUT A CULTURE James Cummins, Clark-Nova Books

by Danijel Matijević
12.10.2008

ARGUABLY THE WORLD’S LATEST ISM, “Turntablism” is just one of the cutting-edge music terms you will pick up while flipping through Ambrosia: About a Culture. What is a sample? Track? Set? What is garage? Trance? What does a DJ really do? James Cummins’ Ambrosia answers all of these questions, and more. General but comprehensive, it’s [...]

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