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Alex Lukashevsky discusses A Week of This on CIUT

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

Musician Alex Lukashevsky, who will be performing music inspired by A Week of This at The Word on the Street Toronto, will be interviewed on 89.5 CIUT FM Thursday, September 25 at 8:45am. Lukashevsky will be promoting his Word on the Street performance, which will accompany Nathan Whitlock's reading at the EYE Weekly music tent. Alex will be joined by WOTS festival director, Alexandra Moorshead, for the ten-minute live interview.

Joe puts the elections into perspective

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

As North Americans prepare to go to the polls, a new art book scrutinizes the politicians who shape the future of their nations. For artist and activist Mendelson Joe, the fundamental issue with politicians has always boiled down to trust. So it was inevitable that Joe would express his activism through a series of portraits.

Eva Everything to appear on Breakfast TV

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

Eva Everything, author of What Does the Moon Smell Like? will appear on City TV's Breakfast Television on Wednesday, July 30. Viewers in Toronto should tune in for the live interview between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m.

January Magazine's candid interview with crime novelist John McFetridge

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

January Magazine's Linda L. Richards has posted a lengthy interview with John McFetridge. Her snapshot provides a candid look at this critically-acclaimed Canadian noir fiction writer. Read the full article here.

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ECW poet Jacqueline Turner to appear at UBC's Robson Reading Series

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

The Robson Reading Series presents

Jacqueline Turner & Robert Wiersema
Thursday, September 18, 7 pm
UBC Robson Square Bookstore/Library, 800 Robson Street

Free admission

And the award (for wrestling journalism) goes to...

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

ECW Press is pleased to congratulate wrestling writers Greg Oliver and Steven Johnson on their winning the James C. Melby Journalism Award. The award honors the pair for their many contributions to professional wrestling journalism and is presented by the Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum. The presentation will take place as part of the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame weekend in Waterloo, Iowa, on Saturday, June 28. The James C. Melby Journalism Award is named after the well-known wrestling historian who died in February 2007.

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Ten years after "Kinder Egg option" Canadian novel set to premiere at TIFF.

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

Toronto. Pontypool Changes Everything a novel by Ontario author Tony Burgess (ECW Press, 1998) has been made into a full-length feature film that will have its world premiere this September at the Toronto International Film Festival. A psychological thriller, Pontypool-the movie's title-marks a change in direction for legendary Canadian film director Bruce McDonald. This is McDonald's first horror film. With a screenplay written by Burgess, it's the compelling, terrifying story of a devastating virus-one that is caught through conversation.

Moses Znaimer endorses The New Old by David Cravit

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

"David Cravit's The New Old demonstrates how the Baby Boomers' simple act of refusing to age in the same old way - detachment, decline, death - is creating a revolution in everything from health, to finance, to travel, to employment, to housing, to education, to culture, and of course, to beauty, fashion and, yes, sex.

Ibi Kaslik endorses Kid Rex by Laura Moisin

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

Kaslik writes, "Harrowing and always candid, Moisin draws a clear map of her anorexic mind and heart. A book for survivors of anorexia, as well those who want to understand a completely misrepresented and misunderstood disease." Ibi Kaslik is the author of the novels Skinny and The Angel Riots. Skinny appeared on the New York Times Best Sellers list earlier this year.

Listen for Eva Everything on Windsor Now

Submitted by admin on Sat, 10/23/2010 - 20:30

Eva Everything, author of What Does the Moon Smell Like?, will be interviewed on Windsor Now on Tuesday, August 19 at 3:48pm ET. The live interview will last 5-10 minutes. Windsor Now airs on 800 CKLW-AM in Windsor, ON.