Ariel Gordon's Blog, page 95

fest/rest

All photos Assiniboine Forest, Winnipeg, MB. September 26, 2010.

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So M and I raced from the THIN AIR volunteer party to the forest.

Between all the uncertain weather this summer and the THREE garage sales we had in and around that uncertain weather - and all my bookish to-ings and fro-ings - neither of us has been to the forest in AGES.

But today we had childcare and some (goddamn) lovely sun, so we went.

Unfortunately, so did everyone else and their dogs and their small children. Which mea...

Author bag

I've been wanting to peek inside one of the THIN AIR, Winnipeg International Writers Festival author bags for a long time...

For more thoughts, see the (goddamn lovely) HOT AIR blog.

Um...gone fishing?

Fort Whytealive, Winnipeg, MB. September 19, 2010. Photo by M.

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So I literally went fishing today at Fort Whyte, as part of a fishy reading/comic book-making workshop/fishing workshop.

(We lost two worms, six minnows, and two lures in one of their man-made lakes...and while M and I re-discovered the joy of casting a lure, Aa specialized in reeling IN the lure...)

But this post is really and truly to say that I'll be mostly over at HOT AIR this week. And also reading at THIN AIR (ack! ack! o...

West meets...west.

So I forgot to mention that the fall tour I'm embarking on has two phases.

A three day Brandon/Saskatoon/Regina leg with Winnipeg poets Jonathan Ball and John Toone and then a four day Toronto/Ottawa leg with Regina poet Tracy Hamon.

I'm looking forward to hazing the Jon/Johns on our trip. I haven't told them that I've found accommodation (with poets!) in Saskatoon and Regina for myself but not for them. Yet.

Heh.

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Poetry Explosion!

(1) Poetry Writing Workshop
with John Toone, Jonathan Ball &...

West Meets East

Hey all,

If our SK/AB tour in the spring wasn't enough, Regina's Tracy Hamon and I will be traveling to Ottawa & Toronto in early October...and reading with a brace of poets in each town.

I know I've got barely one and a half readers of this blog in Ottawa and Toronto put together but I thought I'd make note of it here...

Many thanks to Ibi Kaslik for her help in arranging the Toronto reading; ditto Sandra Ridley for e-whispering Pearl Pirie's name in my ear. Thanks too the League of Canadian Po...

Treetop

Photo Westminster & Canora, Winnipeg, MB. September 11, 2010.

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Or, rather, mid-way up a tree behind a hedge. In someone's yard but reachable from the sidewalk. While we walked home from the Sherbrook Street Festival...

Proof

Yes, I hit him...

So I was on the first THIN AIR edition of KHL last week.

I was reluctant to go on the show - and Kelly was reluctant to have me - because even though I'm a festival author this year I also work at Aqua.

Which means that Kelly couldn't poke as much fun as he maybe would have liked because he knew I'd be staring at him balefully my next shift.

Also, it was strange being interviewed on stage by my boss given that I wasn't even interviewed for the job.

Guests were meant to do a trick as they left...

Another list

Joseph Boyden, John Ralston Saul, David Sedaris, Jeff Rubin, David Bergen, Mark McEwan, Michael Van Rooy, Martha Brooks, Catherine Hunter, Tim Cook, Jake MacDonald, Melissa Steele, Jane Urquhart, Carolyn Smart, Richard B. Wright, Alissa York, Gail Bowen, Christie Blatchford, Charlene Diehl, Ross King, Margaret Buffie, Grant Lawrence, Bill Stillwell, Di Brandt, Bob Mersereau, Ariel Gordon, Cendrine Marrouat, Ken Kowal, Barbara Bowes, Zofia Monika Dove, David Korinetz, Dr. Paul D. McCutcheon, L...

Kelly Hughes Live!

My experience of this year's THIN AIR, Winnipeg International Writers Festival will be incredibly tangled.

I'm going to be reading at the festival for the first time, which I'm OVER the MOON about. I've got a contract to run their blog, now in its fourth year. And I'm working at Aqua Books, which is hosting events for the fest for the third year in a row.

Basically, I won't know who I'm working for - the fest, Kelly, or myself.

But this Friday, I'll be appearing on Kelly Hughes Live! as part of...