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Meet the Award Winners from Sound Walk September 2023
As we start a month of celebrating sound walks, we invite you to join an online café with last year’s winner and runner up, exploring their approach to making winning sound walks and where next might sound walk composition take us all. The winner of the SWS23 Awards was Headford Lace Trail, by Ed Coulson,
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Seawall Sounds – Seven at Seven; a self-guided soundwalk
On Sunday, May 23 at 7 a.m., Jamie Dolinko will lead a self-guided soundwalk along seven mapped stops on the Stanley Park Seawall, focusing on early morning natural and man-made sounds. A detailed route map will be available on the Vancouver New Music website for independent walks at any time, encouraging silent observation and adherence to public health guidelines.
Forest Talk Radio
Forest Talk Radio: The Laurier Woods edition is a GPS-triggered app combining folktales and forest science into a radio comedy format. It translates imagined conversations between trees into English, while a fungus character explores similarities between trees and humans.
Walking pieces
The First Panorama of Toronto
The 1857 Panorama series of photographs was taken by three Irishmen from the roof of a notable building, capturing a significant historical moment. These images not only document the scene but also connect to the photographers' subsequent involvement in British colonial efforts.
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41. Kit Dobson, Malled: Deciphering Shopping in Canada
I picked up a copy of Kit Dobson’s Malled: Deciphering Shopping in Canada because I’m interviewing him for a Walk-Listen-Create event in a couple of weeks (details about this event are here). Our conversation will focus on his book Field Notes on Listening (which I’ve blogged about here), but I wanted to prepare more thoroughly … Continue reading 41. Kit Dobson, Malled: Deciphering Shopping in Canada →
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Morning at Hidden Valley
This morning, we joined a group of people for a walk around Hidden Valley organized by Nature Regina. We were guided by naturalist Dale Hjertaas. I hadn’t been there for a while, and new marked trails have been cut through the thickets of saskatoons and chokecherries. So many wildflowers are in bloom, and I learned …
• 3. Annabel Townsend, Books and the City: Psychogeographical Wanderings Around Toronto’s Independent Bookstores
Before Christmas, Annabel Townsend asked me to act as a beta reader for her new book, Books and the City: Psychogeographical Wanderings Around Toronto’s Independent Bookstores. I know Annabel as the proprietor of the late, lamented Penny University Bookstore on 13th Avenue here in Regina, as well as Tuppenny Coffee and Books on Hamilton Street … Continue reading 3. Annabel Townsend, Books and the City: Psychogeographical Wanderings Around Toronto’s Independent Bookstores →
