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[  Mood: Sick ][ Currently: About to get ready for work. ]In case you haven’t heard, the CRTC (telecom regulator) has approved metering the Internet here in Canada. There has been a backlash, but rumours are swirling that there will be a … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ]A while ago I asked a lot of my Canadian SF/Fan friends to help me put together a list of essential Canadian Spec Fic (yes, KD a list) for RevSF. Dave Duncan’s name kept coming up. This made … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][  Currently: Watching Sherlock ] Author Allison Hoover Bartlett stumbled across the story of John Charles Gilkey, a rare book thief who spent years steeling books from dealers across North America. Gilkey is not a sympathetic figure. A career … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Editing the Podcast ]One of the challenges I have set myself this year is to read outside my comfort zone. As part of this, I have turned to awards lists for inspiration. This book was nominated for … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][ Currently: About to get the boy into a bath ]I have become quite a fan of Diana Wynne Jones. She has a body of work in the children`s fantasy relm that is rich and imaginative. She is an … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Listening to My son watching Bob the Builder ]The urban fantasy genre has exploded in the last few years, leading to tens, if not hundreds of new authors entering into the genre. Not all of them are … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ]Anyone who knows me, knows how much I don’t like Captain Kirk. He is a braggart who is too good looking for his own good and not as clever as he thinks it is. And I know that … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ]So Google has produced a new keyboard for their OS computer, and in a stunning, albeit self-serving move, they have eliminated the CAPS LOCK key. Instead you get a dedicated search key. Guess what you use to search? … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]I am trying something a little different here. Instead of reviewing one book, I want to look at a picture book series that is, quite frankly, one of the best ever produced. Mo … Continue reading →

Eric Walters is a former Canadian teacher who has become a bit of a publishing star. He started writing books to motivate his students to care more about their creative work. In 2006, he published We All Fall Down, a … Continue reading →