Are meal delivery services better than takeout? Ever wanted to have your own personal chef? That’s what inspired eFresh Meals co-founder Rob Clark to start a chef-prepared meal delivery service. Unlike most other food delivery services like Chefs Plate or HelloFresh that deliver portioned ingredients and recipes for you to […]
Author: Karen K. Tran
Dionne Brand discusses new releases, The Blue Clerk and Theory
Poet, novelist, essayist, and U of G professor In an on-stage interview at the Art Gallery of Guelph on Friday, Sept. 14, professor and author Dionne Brand spoke about her new works, The Blue Clerk and Theory, with Professor Winston Smith of Seneca College. The event was co-presented by the […]
Interviews with authors at EMWF: Uzma Jalaluddin
Full interview with Uzma Jalaluddin, author of Ayesha at Last, at Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Karen K. Tran: In an interview with CBC Books, you said that when you were growing up, a lot of books about the immigrant experience were “filtered through a condescending, sometimes erroneous lens.” Did this frustration […]
Jann Arden visits War Memorial Hall, promotes latest memoir
Juno-award winning singer/songwriter talks career, troubled childhood, and family relations “Something good can come from something bad.” That was the mantra Jann Arden repeated during her public talk at War Memorial Hall on Saturday, Sept. 8. Co-presented by the Eden Mills’ Writers Festival and the University of Guelph, Arden spoke […]
Interviews with authors at EMWF: Billy-Ray Belcourt
Full interview with Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of This Wound is a World, at Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Karen K. Tran: In the past you’ve described your work as something that’s focused on the “Indigenous paranormal.” Could you explain what you mean by that? Billy-Ray Belcourt: That’s more about my academic […]
Interviews with authors at EMWF: Sharon Bala
Full interview with Sharon Bala, author of The Boat People, at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Karen K. Tran: There’s been an upsurge in books written by and about people of colour recently — why do you think these types of books are becoming more popular? Sharon Bala: I don’t know […]
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival celebrates 30 years of Canadian writing
42 authors to participate in local festival for book lovers The 30th edition of the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival (EMWF) will take place this upcoming weekend from Friday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 9. Part of Guelph’s “Fab Five” Festivals, EMWF hosts prolific Canadian authors every year in the scenic […]
Zero-waste vacation challenge
Eliminating waste production on my 24-day trip Packing for vacation is always a challenge. You need to make sure you don’t bring too many clothes, buy travel-size containers for your toiletries, remember to pack any gifts you want to give, and fit it all in your suitcase without exceeding the […]
Memories of Warped Tour
The final cross-country tour returns to Toronto When news broke that Warped Tour would be making its final run in the summer of 2018, I was excited to see that the tour would be returning to Toronto on July 17. The tour had completely skipped Canada for the past two […]
DeAnne Smith headlines feminist comedy show at The Making-Box
Stand-up comedy, spoken word poetry, sexy Bob Ross, and more “The Future is Funny” is an understatement. Back for their second instalment, The Making-Box’s The Future is Funny show had audience members in fits of laughter. The show evolved out of That Time of the Month, a feminist and LGBTQ […]
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