So fellow UVic-ite and soon to be UBC-er Will Johnson won the The Fiddlehead’s Short Fiction competition this year with his piece “Sea to Sky”. It’s a fine read, with clean, straight forward prose, and MiriamToews-esque characters that are full of honesty and heart. You can read a clip here: The Fiddlehead Sea to Sky Congrats [...]
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Victoria Symphony and Miriam Toews
Two great things are happening this friday, and though I can’t do both I wish I could! Take your pick: Victoria Symphony May 6 at 8pm Alix Goolden Hall VS Principal Violist Kenji performs Jacques Hetu’s Viola Concerto in the second and final Odyssey concert of the season. Principal Guest Conductor Alain Trudel conducts this [...]
PRISM international contest winner: Erin Frances Fisher
That’s right, I couldn’t wait any longer to let it out. I found out last week that I’ve not only been shortlisted but won PRISM international‘s competition. Expect a formal announcement from them any day now. The judge for this year was John K. Samson, a member of The Weakerthans and founder of independent publisher [...]