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In Review: Mati Diop’s ‘...

In Dahomey, director Mati Diop achieves something rare and profound: she transforms a historical documentary into a poet...
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Arts & Culture, Film, Film Festivals, Hye's Picks

Hye’s Picks: Rendezvous With ...

Rendezvous with Madness (RWM) is the first and largest arts and mental health festival in the world. The 32nd edition of...
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Film, Film Festivals, Film Previews, Film Reviews, Hye's Picks, Interviews

Spotlight: ‘THE LIGHT BEFORE ...

The Light Before the Sun is a raw, thought-provoking meditation on fame, mental health, and the limits of self-help, bro...
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Books, Literature
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TIFA 2023: Unleash your inner super hero at TIFA KIDS

September 27, 2023

The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) continues at Harbourfront Centre this week. This year’s Festival invites children and youth of all ages to TIFA Kids, with a vibrant programme the entire family can enjoy for free!

Here I highlight a couple of events along with the authors and artists bringing us superheroes, graphic novels, whimsical adventures and spooky stories. At TIFA Kids you can also enjoy arts & crafts, sing-alongs and baking activities. There are plenty of fun activities for all age groups.

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Books, Interviews, Literature
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TIFA 2023: Author & Physician Vincent Lam

September 21, 2023

From September 21 to October 1, the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) will welcome story creators from over 20 countries and across the GTA to engage, excite and entertain audiences of book lovers of all groups.

TIFA provides us a chance to hear from and meet some of our favourite authors. One of my faves happens to be Vincent Lam, who will be part of three events at the festival.

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Interviews, Literature
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‘The Last Exiles’ by Ann Shin

June 3, 2021

Toronto-based writer and filmmaker, Ann Shin, released her first fiction novel The Last Exiles earlier this Spring.

The novel is about a young North Korean couple whose love is put to the ultimate test when they are forced to flee their country. It is a story about love, family and the price of freedom as Suja and Jin end up deep in the heart of the Chinese underground. As they get separated, Suja’s true mettle shines through in her heroic fight for freedom.

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Books, Literature
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Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television

December 10, 2017
Toronto Arts & Culture

For many, Christmas is an annual celebration of goodwill and joy. For others, like yours truly, it’s a time to curl up on the couch in the dead of winter for a good old fashioned fright. Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television, the latest book by Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical, offers an in-depth exploration of the history of these subversive film and television presentations that allow viewers to engage in different ways with the complicated cultural history of the Christmas season. Indeed, for many who want to learn more about how to watch these, said films are the hallmark of the season itself. READ MORE

Arts & Culture, Literature
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NourbeSe Philip: Mandela ECI Lecture Keynote Speaker – Ryerson U.

October 24, 2017
Toronto Arts & Culture

Ryerson University’s annual Social Justice Week Mandela ECI Lecture has always managed to capture the imagination of a wide variety of Torontonians by keeping its finger on the pulse of timely, topical issues tied to race, culture, and the African diaspora. This free event takes place Wednesday, October 25 at Ryerson University.

This year’s Mandela ECI Lecture Black Be/longing: At the crossroads of art, culture, and human rights will spotlight one of Canada’s most important contemporary writers and revolutionary thinkers, M. NourbeSe Philip.  READ MORE

Literature, Poetry
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Shortlist For bpNichol Chapbook Award Announced

October 15, 2016
Toronto Arts & Culture

The Meet the Presses collective has announced the finalists for the 2016 bpNichol Chapbook Award. The prize, awarded annually since its establishment in 1985, goes to the author of the best poetry chapbook – in the estimation of the judges – published in Canada in the previous year and submitted for consideration. It is named in honour of the late poet, novelist, and micropress publisher bpNichol. READ MORE

Arts & Culture, Literature, Performances
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SummerWorks ’16 Spotlight: Patrick Blenkarn

August 8, 2016
Toronto Arts & Culture

Vancouver-based artist Patrick Blenkarn is inviting us to examine English as a language in his SummerWorks performance piece, Soliloquy in English. This piece is Blenkarn’s attempt to pull this lingua franca back upon itself, to get us talking about how we are talking, and wonder at what it means to share this language today.  READ MORE

Concerts, Literature, Music
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Spotlight: Musicians In Ordinary’s Shakespeare Celebration

April 4, 2016
Toronto Arts & Culture

Last month, Shakespeare’s saints and sinners took centre stage to the elegant music of the English Renaissance, as The Musicians In Ordinary (MIO) presented the second of three concerts honouring the man his contemporary, Ben Jonson, called “the Swan of Avon”, on the 400th anniversary of his death.  READ MORE

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