candy core

Happy Holidays my favourite LJ-ers!

2009-12-21T17:34:00Z

what i've been doing lately

2009-11-17T02:29:50Z

better book trailer and some still photos where I and my gf sort of look crazy in a funny way

2009-08-24T13:44:41Z

another way i am monstrous this summer;)

2009-07-31T22:34:49Z

I got stung by a wasp again - fourth time this WEEK, although the first time was three at once - and only 24 hours later has it swollen up like crazy red and itchy. Has this happened to you?

why yes, I AM the queen of summer salads

2009-04-08T23:21:20Z

Green Bean salad:

In bowl combine fresh herbs, olive oil, rice vinegar and red wine vinegar to taste, and sliced tiny tomatoes. Put in fridge while you steam green n' yellow beans. Rinse in cold water and add to the tomato mixture. Mix it up and add more vinegar to taste. Then crumble goats' cheese on top.

how strange that the leader of the opposition in Canada

2009-03-23T14:29:32Z

is still writing book reviews.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/books/23igna.html?_r=1&ref=books

femme27 @ 2009-02-18T21:39:00

2009-02-19T02:39:39Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh1FN87HiW0

bawling like a baby over this

2009-02-18T15:06:49Z

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/divorce

a new poem in progress

2008-12-09T04:18:30Z

In Brussels

You have a book of translations in Brussels
You have gentle cubes of chocolate for your sister in Brussels
You will be capitalized after pressing return in Brussels
You are in room 426 at the Hotel Atlas in Brussels
You have climbed up onto the roof to take photos in Brussels
You found fair trade coffee and three English waiters in Brussels
You have one pair of clean socks in Brussels
You have wifi in the lounge and a gay face in Brussels
You read about youtube composer Nico Muhly in Brussels
You reproduce only what you understand in Brussels
You have a girlfriend who hates being asked for the time in Brussels
You have the Vol. 6, No.8, October 2008 issue of the Believer in Brussels
You have an itchy throat and variant paranoia in Brussels
You pre-anesthetize your tonsils with cherry lozenges in Brussels
You do not correspond with Elizabeth Bishop in Brussels
You have twelve days left of travel in Brussels
You don’t know how Asia feels about the book in Brussels
You cannot nap without dreaming of a slow fade in Brussels
You have found the perfect shoes in Brussels
You say Oiseau with a shy accent in Brussels
You are happy to comment on that in Brussels
You sleep into your chin in Brussels

order your copy of the first book by my favourite Canadian author

2008-11-03T17:16:48Z

The Night is a Mouth by Lisa Foad .

it's official - house of anansi!!

2008-10-30T02:16:00Z

http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=10292

femme27 @ 2008-10-03T16:19:00

2008-10-03T20:20:08Z

pay the writer!

2008-09-30T19:21:50Z

awesome youtube video

astonished

2008-08-28T03:21:22Z

I went to the laundromat at 5pm and started reading Helpless by Barbara Gowdy. I have not been able to put it down all night, just finished it. I'm bewildered. Such a stunning accomplishment. Truly.

what i am looking at right now

2008-08-17T20:20:17Z

For Immediate Release

2008-06-17T13:17:16Z

EMERGING GAY WRITER RECOGNIZED AT PRIDE WEEK 2008
THE WRITERS ’ TRUST OF CANADA TO PRESENT SECOND ANNUAL
DAYNE OGILVIE GRANT TO ZOE WHITTALL

TORONTO, ON – June 17, 2008 – The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced today that Zoe Whittall is the recipient of the second annual Dayne Ogilvie Grant. The $4,000 grant is given to an emerging gay writer from Canada. The grant is funded by an endowment established by Robin Pacific. A jury comprised of novelist Elizabeth Ruth, poet Maureen Hynes, and bookseller Dan Bazuin selected the winner.

Don Oravec, Executive Director of the Writers’ Trust, stated, “I am honoured to be partners with Pride Toronto and The Word on the Street to promote this unique grant. Announcing this grant during Pride Week provides emerging gay writers the deserved distinction in the community.”

Whittall is scheduled to read from her work and participate with the jurors in an informal question and answer session at the Proud Voices Stage on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 6 p.m., in James Canning Gardens Park, north of Dundonald Street, between Yonge and Church Streets. Proud Voices is a co-presentation between Pride Toronto and The Word On The Street.

Whittall’s first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, was published by Cormorant Books in 2007 to cross-country rave reviews. The novel was chosen as a Globe and Mail Notable Book of 2007 and Zoe was named NOW Magazine’s Emerging Author of 2007. In commenting on the book, juror Maureen Hynes stated, “Whittall’s writing is smart, edgy, and clear-eyed. She paints a scene beautifully, slows it down to its essence, and yet keeps the novel’s momentum moving forward. Definitely a writer to watch!”

Whittall was born and raised on a sheep farm in South Durham, Quebec. At 19 she moved to Montreal, attended Concordia University, and founded the successful performance series Girlspit. She is currently enrolled at the University of Guelph in the MFA program of Creative Writing and lives in Toronto.

Whittall’s writing has been anthologized in Ribsauce, Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity, Girls Who Bite Back, and Bent. She has authored articles for Kiss Machine, The Globe and Mail, the National Post, and NOW Magazine; edited the critically acclaimed anthology Geeks and Misfits; (“a who’s who of edgy Can-Lit” – The Globe and Mail) and published two books of poetry, The Emily Valentine Poems and The Best 10 Minutes of Your Life. Her poetry has been selected for Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets, edited by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane.

“Zoe Whittall might just possibly be the cockiest, brashest, funniest, toughest, most life-affirming, elegant, scruffy, no-holds-barred writer to emerge from Montreal since Mordecai Richler.” – The Globe and Mail

“Zoe Whittall’s debut novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, is an achingly good read, bringing moments of joy to the reader along with heartache and sorrow ... This book comes alive for the reader and is a lovely coming-of-age story for women to reflect on and perhaps even relate to their daughters.” – The Calgary Herald

Dayne Ogilvie was a highly respected freelance book editor, writer, and manager. A passionate lover of all the arts, he died in October 2006.

Robin Pacific, the donor of the grant, stated, “I established this award to honour the memory of a brilliant, outrageous, and very proud gay man. Dayne and I were friends and soulmates for 25 years. He taught me a great deal about good music and good writing, and how to keep on loving when the ones you love die. It is a privilege to carry out his legacy by awarding a grant in his name to this talented writer. Dayne would have loved this book.”

The Writers’ Trust of Canada is a national charitable organization providing a level of support to writers unmatched by any other non-governmental organization or foundation. Through its various programs and awards, it celebrates the talents and achievements of Canada’s writers. For more information visit www.writerstrust.com.

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Contact Don Oravec (416.504.8222 ext. 244, or doravec@writerstrust.com)

why i love summer - my lunch

2008-06-14T19:32:55Z

smoked tofu, radishes, peaches, banana, blackberries, watercress, etc. So good.

Spring tour redux - pics from Hamilton literary fest

2008-04-06T16:17:25Z

femme27 @ 2008-02-14T16:17:00

2008-02-14T21:17:45Z

http://12or20questions.blogspot.com/2008/02/12-or-20-questions-with-zoe-whittall.html

femme27 @ 2008-01-06T00:19:00

2008-01-06T05:20:45Z

best thing ever

2007-12-18T03:39:33Z

Norman Mailler, I'm pregnant!

2007-11-14T22:26:15Z

Famous homophobe and sexist novelist, done like dinner.

But what a funny little moment on the Gilmore Girls, eh?

The difference between writing in Brooklyn and writing in Toronto

2007-11-05T22:43:06Z

Much talk in the lit community about this article. My teacher at school called it garbage, but I think there are a lot of truths in it, despite it being necessarily divisive and over simplified and note entirely a new arguement. I certainly agree with this statement, though:

"The danger is that the Giller, like the CBC, will become just another institution for boomer self-congratulation. Theirs is the greatest generation in the history of the country at inventing awards to give one other."

Click here to read the whole thing.

review from She Does the City

2007-10-04T16:15:12Z

"Those who grew up in the nineties will appreciate the book’s references to Doc Martens, the 1995 referendum, Sonic Youth and the Spice Girls. If Leonard Cohen and Mordecai Richler immortalized the Montreal of their generation, Whittall immortalizes the Montreal of ours."

www.shedoesthecity.com

le work entry

2007-09-26T18:05:44Z

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Reviews and media contact:
Publicist: Zoe Whittall
zwhittall@btlbooks.com
Office: 416 535 9914
Cell: 416-918-9576

Rare Toronto Appearance by activist D.L. Raby, author of Democracy And Revolution: Latin America and Socialism Today
October 12th at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 7:00p.m. Free! Sponsored by CKLN radio.

“A useful corrective to the mountain of lies published in the media.” Tariq Ali

IS SOCIALISM DEAD since the fall of the Soviet Union? What is the way forward for the Left? Raby argues that Cuba and above all Venezuela provide inspiration for anti-globalisation and anti-capitalist movements across the world. Another World Is Possible, but only through an effective political strategy to win power on a popular and democratic basis.

Raby argues passionately that the way forward for progressives is not the dogmatic formulae of the Old Left, nor in the spontaneous autonomism of John Holloway or Tony Negri. Instead, it is to be found in new, broad and flexible popular movements with bold and determined leadership. Examining the relationship of key leaders to their people, including Hugo Chavez and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, Raby shows that it is more necessary than ever to take power, peacefully where possible, but in all cases with the strength that comes from popular unity backed by force where necessary. In this way it is possible to build democratic power, which may or may not be socialist depending on one's definition, but which represent the real anti-capitalist alternative for the twenty-first century.

About the Author:

D.L. Raby is Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies of the University of Liverpool, and also holds the rank of Professor Emeritus in the History Department of the University of Toronto. Raby has written many studies of Latin American and Iberian History and Politics, and is a long-standing activist in solidarity campaigns with Latin American struggles and social movements in the UK and Canada.

Democracy and Revolution * 304 pages * ISBN 978-1897071-20-5 * $29.95 CDN
Available from your local bookstore