“Annul the day that I was born” – making sense of an ancient poet in the Book of Job 12 Jun 2013 | 10:12 am

Crime Night With a Twist 10 Jun 2013 | 12:18 am

Crime night at this year’s writers festival did not follow the standard crime night format, but then again, no good crime novel is predictable so why should the event be? Usually the authors begin by ...

Street Food Fever 13 May 2013 | 03:12 am

The street food freeze is over.

Present Shock 8 May 2013 | 12:35 am

Our worlds are increasingly filtered, shaped, and experienced by means of digital technology.  Terms like online, email, text, tweet, surf, download, upload, blog, and digitial have become familiar an...

Suffer the Child 5 May 2013 | 05:00 am

Just a half hour after listening to the well-honed and comforting words of Rabbi Harold Kushner, the Writerfest audience was confronted with a real and relevant illustration of “when bad things happen...

I Count Myself Among Them by Richard Van Camp 3 May 2013 | 07:38 am

The Fourth Stage of the NAC was a full house as Canadian poet and Carleton University’s Armand Garnet Ruffo took to the stage to introduce his dear friend Richard Van Camp.

Tummy Rumbles: Voices from the Sustainable Food movement 3 May 2013 | 07:26 am

The Writersfest Event “The Future of Food for a Crowded Planet” was held on the first warm Sunday of spring at 6:30, and the doors of the Southminster Church in Ottawa South were open wide to allow th...

River of Stars: One on One with Guy Gavriel Kay 3 May 2013 | 07:20 am

To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect for this event. I had never seen Guy Gavriel Kay speak before, but as my husband and I made our way through the crowded room to find seats, we settled...

Banned in Canada 2 May 2013 | 07:52 am

I chose to attend “Banned in Canada” partly because all of the girlie, food-related events were taken (I really, really like food), and partly because I was interested in fleshing out why an author’s ...

Northwords 2 May 2013 | 07:46 am

With a healthy turnout at the Mayfair Theatre, the well-loved CBC personality Shelagh Rogers wasted no time introducing Northwords , a film that was clearly a labor of love for h