Tag: reading
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Having a Heatwave: Summer Crime Fiction
It’s too darn hot, as per Cole Porter. The west coast is sweltering, and by 7AM this morning it was already 18 degrees, on its rapid way to 31, the air still and humid. The cat’s thrilled, stalking the scorched front yard grass (under close supervision) as she warms her aged bones; her human companions…
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The Writing (and Reading) Life
Photo of the University of King’s College Arts and Administrative Building by Robert Alfers, used with permission under CC license. I’ve recently returned from an intense (exhausting, exhilarating) 10-day MFA residency in Creative Nonfiction. I spent my evenings and our one day off keeping up with my online students, who quite reasonably still needed timely…
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Jane Doucet’s Blood Typed: A New Halifax Cozy Series
Jane Doucet’s Blood Typed, the author’s fourth novel but first mystery, appeared in print last month. This is a fun addition to Canadian crime fiction, with a focus on Halifax and, more generally, Nova Scotia settings, including the South Shore and scenic Mahone Bay as well as Wolfville, the home of Acadia University. And oddly,…
