Time, loss, evil and love intertwine in a sinuous new novel from Christy Ann Conlin. The Speed of Mercy tears into ideas of feminism, youth, identity and how our childhoods shape our true selves, even when we lose sight of that child. Continue reading Christy Ann Conlin Awakens a Darkness in Rural Nova Scotia with New Novel ‘The Speed of Mercy’
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Chuck Bowie’s New Novel ‘Her Irish Boyfriend: Donovan: Thief For Hire’ is a High Action Pub Crawl
Chuck Bowie’s newest addition to his crime fiction series, Her Irish Boyfriend Donovan: Thief for Hire, takes us to the underworld of Dublin and York, and into the lives of lost girls, clever cops, violent gangs and late-night eateries while enjoying the seat of the pants adventures of a professional thief. Continue reading Chuck Bowie’s New Novel ‘Her Irish Boyfriend: Donovan: Thief For Hire’ is a High Action Pub Crawl
Mear’s ‘A Day of Light’ Offers an Irish Smile to Stay the Apocalypse
When artists drop Christmas music, we are usually right to expect syrupy renditions of old favourites or hastily crafted ‘new’ music, which again often falls short of artistic merit that we expect from said artists. Mear, who has been dropping some seriously good music this year, has come out of the shadows to hit us with an unexpected and thunderous rally to take the fractured and emotional time head-on. Continue reading Mear’s ‘A Day of Light’ Offers an Irish Smile to Stay the Apocalypse
Book Review: Close to the Canvas – Mark Blagrave’s ‘Lay Figures’
The creation of art, that dark and terrifying zone between futile effort and the bright glow of creative ecstasy, is a strange and wonderful place to set a novel. But then, you could also place your characters between the fallout of the great depression and the grinding wheels of history while the world stumbled toward a second world war. In his new work of historical fiction, Lay Figures, Mark Blagrave has done both. Continue reading Book Review: Close to the Canvas – Mark Blagrave’s ‘Lay Figures’
Music Video: Mear Pioneer the Burgeoning Genre of Halloween Carols with ‘Soft Chains’
Music videos seem to have gone the way of the dodo, or at least swing dancing, but every once-in-a-while someone drops something that is so beautifully composed, shot and written that you have a suspicion the art form may make a comeback. The Toronto-based duo Mear has just created such a moment with their video for “Soft Chains”. In support of their upcoming release of the same name, this team, made up of Greg Harrison and Frances Miller, have with their crew of fellow dreamers, constructed a piece of work that feels like it’s pulled straight from the memory banks of everything you ever loved about music and music videos. Continue reading Music Video: Mear Pioneer the Burgeoning Genre of Halloween Carols with ‘Soft Chains’