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4. Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
I read Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running 20 years ago, when it came out. I remember being fascinated by his account of running marathons and participating in triathlons, mostly because I’ve never been athletic and found it incredible that a man almost 20 years older than I was then … Continue reading 4. Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running →
• My copies of Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place From the Side of the Road have arrived!
I posted on social media last week about this milestone in my writing career, but one photograph and a couple of lines of text didn’t manage to convey my excitement about getting my copies of my forthcoming book, Walking the Bypass: Notes On Place From the Side of the Road. When I got home from … Continue reading My copies of Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place From the Side of the Road have arrived! →
• 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 →
Walking From My Hometown to My Father’s
This week’s adventure: a long walk to my father’s hometown, and another one back. Both walks turned out to be longer than I’d anticipated, even though I took a shorter route on my return journey, but the fall colours in southwestern Ontario are stunning and the weather was glorious. I have lots to think about … Continue reading Walking From My Hometown to My Father’s →