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The Calm and the Storm
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted11/08/2012
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TNQ Out and About, Wild Writers Festival
There was a moment in the festival when I was sitting in on one of the panels amidst a roomful of people, many leaning forward as they listened to the writers, and I was overcome with the sense of being part of something vital, something that mattered, the reverence and seriousness in tone was striking. This was a crowd for whom literature made...
Retreat! Retreat!
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted05/07/2012
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Ahh, the familiar battle cry of an army under siege, you say. Wrong. This is the battle cry of a writer under siege. A writer’s desperate plea for silence, no distractions, a time to step off the grid for days, a week, or longer. To think, write, and maybe get some sleep.
Amanda Jernigan shortlisted for prestigious award
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted04/24/2012
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TNQ Writers in the News
Wow! What a night
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted04/03/2012
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TNQ Writers in the News
It isn’t often that we have the opportunity to come out from behind our desks, put on some swanky clothes and hobnob with the great and good of our community. But last week we did just that. We were bursting with excitement and pride as we stepped out to celebrate our own Kim Jernigan as a Woman of Waterloo (WOW) award winner.
Great Expectations
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted03/19/2012
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Writing
After a public lecture Joseph Boyden gave at Wilfrid Laurier University last week, he was asked some tough questions. As a matter of fact, his answer to many who came to the microphone (often beginning with a lengthy preface detailing their own experience), was “Tough question.”
Signed, sealed, delivered I’m yours
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted03/09/2012
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Reading
My husband came back from an afternoon forage through a second hand book store and announced that he’d come across a book he’d donated to a local charity after a recent purge. The book was now listed as a UK first edition for twenty dollars. The book, by Henry Miller, was purchased in Guildford, England in 1991, which my husband duly noted in the...
East and West: A Conversation with Sara Heinonen
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted11/10/2011
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TNQ Talks To..., Writing
Sara Heinonen’s wonderfully evocative story, ‘The Blue Dress’ (TNQ 120) is the tale of an expat couple in Hong Kong, he a successful businessman embracing the rapidly expanding money culture, she a teacher of English, who accompanies him.
Here Comes the Bride
By Pamela Mulloy
Posted10/24/2011
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Being a bridesmaid can be so much fun. You get to dress up and drink champagne but you don’t have any of the decisions or stress. That’s what it’s been like in our writing group, called the Hopefuls, since Erin Bow stepped forward and became the bride.
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