Yearly Archives: 2009

Several of us sat in on a web conference call this week to learn more about how the Google Book Settlement affects Canadian authors. The call included a review of the powerpoint presentation found here in pdf, on the Access … Continue reading →

Elizabeth sent me this review of a food poetry collection by Deanna Fong, which sounds fantastic.We watched The Real Dirt on Farmer John last night; it was a terrific documentary, though for a while we were weeping into our popcorn … Continue reading →

We’re into the end of the middle of the first week of the writers’ and artists’ colony at St Peter’s and time is flexing its mean muscle as we brace ourselves for the first of two change-over weekends where some … Continue reading →

GE Free BC reports that our biggest sugar processing company, Rogers/Lantic, the last GM-Free sugar beet processing company in North America, is about to decide if they will accept GM sugar beet this growing season. This sugar beet has been … Continue reading →

Greetings from Saskatchewan where the weather is bright and not too cold for walks among the chickadees and nuthatches who have, we flatter ourselves to suppose, been waiting for us and our pockets full of peanuts since last winter’s colony. … Continue reading →