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Writing non-fiction’s a bitch – a truth not universally acknowledged.

– Will Aitken in This Writing Death

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Chekhov for Beginners



by Natalie G.

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Don't know where you were sitting, but there were lots of laughs.

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Marianne Ackerman

NOTEBOOK

Serious Bites

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Paris Review

by Marianne Ackerman
28.02.2011

In case you think there is no future for serious content-driven publications in this slick, bite-sized era, take a look at what’s happening at the Paris Review. Mind you, according to the Sunday Times, the new 37-yr-old publisher’s main business strategy is based on his presence at many important parties. More power to Lorin Stein. [...]

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NOTEBOOK

Sexy béton, l’intégrale

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24.02.2011

Only three days left to catch the French version of Sexy Béton at Salle Fred-Barry, Porte Parole’s highly acclaimed docudrama about the collapse of the Concorde Viaduct. Here’s what VOIR had to say… FROM VOIR, 16 Feb 2011 Sexy béton est probablement l’objet théâtral le plus pertinent ces jours-ci sur les planches montréalaises. Annabel Soutar [...]

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NOTEBOOK

Two Writing Lives

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The Writing Life: Dream or Delusion?

by Marianne Ackerman
21.02.2011

Douglas Coupland and Nicolas Dickner, literary soulmates? Not surprising and yet, surprising. The author of Nikolski and Tarmac (Apocalypse for Beginners in its English translation), is a big fan of the West Coast gen-x chronicler. So we found out Sunday night at Rover’s panel discussion, The Writing Life, Dream or Delusion? when Dickner spoke enthusiastically [...]

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CRITICAL I

Odes to Montreal

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Montreal's magic worked before

by Marianne Ackerman
20.02.2011

When Arcade Fire credited Montreal’s creative atmosphere for helping the indie rock band snag a Grammy award this week, they were repeating sentiments I’d heard a few days earlier from Suroosh Alvi. Cofounder of an international new media and publishing empire now valued in the hundreds of millions, Alvi has been through the ups and [...]

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CRITICAL I

Prime Minister of Bland

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What is Stephen Harper Reading?

by Marianne Ackerman
04.02.2011

So, Yann Martel has wrapped up his campaign to improve Stephen Harper’s personal culture by sending him a good book every fortnight, along with a letter explaining his choice. As far as the Booker Prize winning Martel knows, the PM’s office got the 100 volumes. At least somebody handling correspondence sent out seven form letters [...]

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THEATRE

Simone de Beauvoir’s Naughty Daughters

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Neon Nightz: Sex and Salvation in ‘90s Montreal, Wildside

by Marianne Ackerman
15.01.2011

They don’t call it Toronto the Good for no reason. Witness Neon Nightz, a burlesque-flavoured show created in that fair city about what it was like to work in Montreal strip clubs during the 1990s. Yes, there is extreme nudity – and so much more, including a pat on the back for nude dancers everywhere.

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ART

A Year of Memorable Images

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The Year 2010 in Art

by Marianne Ackerman
21.12.2010

If a somebody offered you a pot of gold to be spent on beauty and future growth, what would you do? I’d buy art. Start with Montreal galleries, works by excellent young artists currently hitting their stride. Nadia Moss, whose exquisite ink drawings of shadowy silhouette figures blossomed into a full-scale installation in Toronto this [...]

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