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w2 real vancouver writers’ series starts tonight

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Buck Buchwald, Kevin Spenst, Richard Van Camp, Bruce Grenville, Scott Steedman, Cathleen With, Jennica Harper, Robert Chaplin, John Burns & Brendan McLeod. $5.

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& third & fourth best online comment of the day…

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

same article.
brightwhite​write at 1/21/2010 4:44:11 PM

There is a basic belief evolving that all written content (writing, literature, books, fiction, poetry, op-eds, columns, news stories) should be provided free of charge to anyone who pays a monthly internet charge or can access wireless. Does anyone see anything wrong with this? I guess if you’re not slaving [...]

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subsidies….

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Yes, Canadian literature is subsidized. So are tourism, mining, forestry, automobile production, small business and oil. In 2006 the petroleum industry alone received $1.4-billion in government subsidies in the form of tax breaks. I’ll apologize for our subsidies when they apologize for theirs, because what writers do is every bit as important and vital as [...]

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BC Arts Cuts 1-Page by Kate Armstrong

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Writer Kate Armstrong has put together this fact sheet on the cuts facing the British Columbia art and culture sectors. It lays out the facts and dispels the myths in concise, no-nonsense language.
Please read it. Then forward it to your networks. Then write to BC Premier Gordon Campbell. I’m going to.
GOT CULTURE? Um, actually no
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