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		<title>Mayan Calendar not about mass destruction says author</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on my way to a book launch at the Ben McNally Bookstore in Toronto. The book is Movement of Stillness: as Revealed in the New Mayan Calendar &#8211; Post 2012 by Jacqui Derbecker. Jacqui contends that the perception of mass destruction most people see as the promise the Mayan calendar is not the correct interpretation. The Barrie-based author&#8217;s view was channeled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackmax1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7771083&amp;post=795&amp;subd=blackmax1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop for writers- This Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reva &#38; I are running a workshop this Saturday titled How to Engage and Charm Your Audience. It&#8217;s designed for writers who want to learn effective techniques that will capture your audience when you stand up to read your work. Reva works with each person&#8217;s personal style, helping them enhance their strong areas and bolstering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackmax1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7771083&amp;post=783&amp;subd=blackmax1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poets gather in Quinte</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purdyfest is an annual August holiday gathering of poets in honour of Al Purdy&#8217;s famous poem, The Country North od Belleville. The get-together this year actually starts on July 29 with a pot-luck supper. On Saturday at noon, the first literary event will be a symposium on the life and works of poet Raymond Souster. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackmax1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7771083&amp;post=773&amp;subd=blackmax1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food in the Field &amp; Poetry in the Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a food lover, you might try the free one-hour workshop on Saturday (July 16) led by vegetarian chef and author Denis Cotter. I expect you&#8217;ll see him create dishes from his most recent cookbook, For the Love of Food, published by Harper Collins. The workshop runs 11 a.m. until noon in the Fido Classroom followed by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackmax1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7771083&amp;post=763&amp;subd=blackmax1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Master class for novelists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received a note that Barbara Kyle is running a master class for novel-writing in August. The two-day course to be held at the Toronto Writer&#8217;s Centre on Bloor St. W. starts Aug. 14, costs $250 and is limited to 10 people. This course focuses on getting you published;  intensive work with peer-critiques of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackmax1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7771083&amp;post=752&amp;subd=blackmax1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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