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NEW: A Collection of my Canadian Film & TV Essays...I’ve been writing provocatively on-line since around 1998: about Canadian film/TV, Canadian culture & identity, as well as about comic books and graphic novels. But I also occasionally write fiction, with stories published in Strange Horizons, Daily SF, On Spec, the acclaimed Tesseracts anthology (the 19th volume), and other places over the years. I mention this because I’ve put out a few pulp story collections. And if you enjoy this blog, essays, reviews, and/or any of my websites, one way to show support would be to check out MY FICTION COLLECTIONS and, if they look interesting…buy one! It ain’t PATREON or anything, but it’s a way of showing you think what I’ve been doing is worth doing, and would help keep this blog and the websites up.
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Huffington Post and Writing About Canadian Entertainment
A while back I wrote a piece about the need for a site like my blog — and similar ones — writing about Canadian film & TV BUT that was more high profile. Kind of like Huffington Post Canada, I wrote — … Continue reading
Memo to David Cronenberg (and Pals) — time to saddle up
I believe in the social safety net. I believe in paying for schools even if I don’t have kids. Sometimes we do things we don’t want to do, because it benefits others. And by extension, we hope others will do … Continue reading
Borealis (part 2) – the problem with pilots
Last time I was writing about Borealis, the science fiction Canadian TV movie/pilot that the Space Channel decided not to greenlight for a full series months before they had even bothered to broadcast it. In my previous post I was … Continue reading
Borealis (part 1) – The great Canadian Science Fiction series that never was?
Back in 2011 press releases went out announcing production on a TV movie/pilot for Canada’s Space Channel called Borealis. News of it no doubt piquing the curiosity of more than a few cultural watchers and sci-fi fans because it seemed … Continue reading
What She Said…
Here’s a nice, to-the-point piece by Diane Wild at TV, Eh? about Canadian networks and their rather meek support for Canadian programs…ironically contrasted with what’s happening at a certain U.S. channel. It’s here: SyFy Has What Canada doesn’t: faith in Canadian … Continue reading
Radio Drama – the past and possibly a future
(Continuing from my last post about CBC Radio shutting down its radio drama department…) Radio (and audio) drama is a curious medium. Once the defining entertainment of its age where families gathered around to listen to their favourite radio series … Continue reading