About the Author
Amanda Earl
Amanda Earl is a poet, publisher and pornographer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Amanda's most recent chapbooks are the 2012 chapbook Sex First & Then A Sandwich (her third chapbook with above/ground press) and Me, Medusa (Red Ceilings Press, UK, 2012). Her poetry appears in magazines such as Rampike, the White Wall Review, fillingStation, in addition to online and print journals in Australia, Canada, England, France, Ireland and the USA. Over the course of her research for this book, she has become fascinated with Montparnasse between the wars and is an avid appreciator of books, films, art and music from the era. Site: www.amandaearl.com; Twitter: @KikiFolle
Don't miss festivals like Vancouver Writers' Fest, International Festival of Authors, Bookfest Windsor, and the Stratford Writers' Festival, all starting this week!
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Tomorrow we celebrate our two years of internet life, and it has us wondering: how do other CanLit-ers get down? These ten books featuring party scenes and/or other literary bacchanals are sure to give us tips on what (or what NOT) to do for our second Birthday.
If you live in the GTA, Ontario, there are two HUGE festivals going on this week: the FOLD (Festival of Literary Diversity) in Brampton, and Pages UnBound Literary Festival in the city centre. If you're not in Toronto, don't you fret - there's lots more readings ... Read more
Now Comes the Lightning, the debut collection by Sarah Bernstein (Pedlar Press), follows the life of Fréhel (Marguerite Boulc’h), a Parisian singer born into poverty, as she grapples with depression and addiction.
When I say 1930s French Cabaret, you probably think of Edith Piaf. But there were many women who came before Edith. In this edition of Read This, Then That, we’re looking at two poetry collections that provide a glimpse into life in Montmartre and Montparnasse, the nuclei ... Read more
Chaudiere Books began as a series of conversations back in 2004 between writers rob mclennan and Jennifer Mulligan. With early assistance from Anita Dolman and Carmel Purkis, the press was officially launched in 2006 with the publication of a quartet of titles: The Desmond ... Read more
Avant-garde filmmakers often say that there is far more freedom in doing their work because they are almost entirely in control of it. Poets are also liberated in the mediums they choose. There are so many rhythms and fashions available to them and if the poet doesn’t find ... Read more
Alice Prin, better known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a bonne vivant of the 1920s Paris scene. A fascinating woman who was both an artist and a muse to many throughout her lifetime, Kiki is still inspiring artists today. In her first full-length poetry collection, poet, and ... Read more
Not one, but TWO events this week feature pie, and one is as American as apple pie (because it's in the United States of America). Need we say more?
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