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Monthly Archives: September 2011

24th Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival

Posted on September 28, 2011 by bluebells

Oct. 18-23, 2011 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I find it ironic that in a video promoting a Writers’ festival, they somehow managed to misspell ‘Annually’ as ‘Anually’! Check out the official website of the fest for all the details and events here – writersfest.bc.ca. A few of the famous authors coming to Vancouver this month … Continue reading »

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Graphic Fiction~!!

Posted on September 24, 2011 by bluebells

Recently, I’ve been getting more into graphic novels and manga (especially ‘gekiga’). Three new titles I recommend (two of which were just released this week) are the following: The Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of Japanese manga – this is one of his more adult tales – for some reason it’s … Continue reading »

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PULP FICTION

Posted on September 21, 2011 by bluebells

I’m selling 18 old sci-fi pulp magazines from my meagre collection on craigslist now if anyone is interested – see here: http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/clt/2608990554.html. (They all originally came from the ultimate collector, Forrest J Ackerman, who gave them to me as a present. I’m keeping a few other ones which are in better shape.) Bookmark on Delicious … Continue reading »

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Books I’ve read recently (updated!)

Posted on September 8, 2011 by bluebells

This new list will include all the books that I’ve finished or started reading since the last list (see my previous post from July 17, 2001). Well, I’ve certainly been busy since then! Sorry it has taken me so long to get this up. I hope to do it every month at least, if I … Continue reading »

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Tree of Codes

Posted on September 8, 2011 by bluebells

Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer – Public Reactions from Visual Editions on Vimeo. This is a video of people on the street’s reactions to Foer’s special die-cut book wherein a new story was ‘exhumed’ out of Bruno Schulz’s famous The Street of Crocodiles. Quite a fascinating and unique work of art (although you … Continue reading »

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