Author: Heidi Tiedemann Darroch
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Cheese Heists
The news that Victoria’s beloved cheese shop, Charelli‘s, will close their doors in May after 22 years in business has me musing that maybe moving away for work might not be so bad. Bur then I started thinking about cheese and crime. British Columbia has had a spate a “cheese heists,” which may seem less…
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Freedom to Read Week in Canada: February 23 to March 1
This year I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about banned books (and it’s only February). In the United States, organized efforts are removing LGBTQ+ books from classrooms and school libraries; these initiatives are spreading to Canada and affecting community libraries, too, which is shocking. Next week is Freedom to Read Week in Canada, and…
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From Coast to Coast . . . to Coast? Suggestions Welcome
I’ve begun planning next fall’s literary research odyssey, during which I will be conducting place-based research and doing some archival work from Vancouver to western Newfoundland and, if I can manage it, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. There is, after all, a new police procedural dramedy set on those tiny French-speaking islands, and my MIL has…
