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New book maps history of women's shelter movement in Alberta
The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters has published a book that shares the previously untold stories of those who created refuges for women and children escaping abuse.
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Strategist muses about making a bolder Edmonton
Episode 42 of Bloom features an interview with Shawn Kanungo, a speaker, a strategist, and the newly minted author of The Bold Ones: Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable.
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Hungry Zine satisfies appetite for new voices in food
Since launching in 2021, Edmonton's Hungry Zine has been serving up stories that are often missing in mainstream food media.
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LitFest leans into in-real-life experiences
This year's LitFest will welcome audiences back with a broad spectrum of programming that nods to all the nonfiction festival couldn't do online during the pandemic.
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Editor seeks lasting stories for disposable formats
For nearly 10 years, Jason Lee Norman has been curating flash fiction and putting it out into the world in unconventional places, like coffee sleeves and beer cans. Now he's tweaking one of his long-running projects, so he can spend more time on stories and less on distribution.
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Story City announces a new slate of adventures
Story City's call for Edmonton stories earlier this year has resulted in a fresh batch of interactive experiences set to hit the app on Aug. 5.
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B-horror and hockey meld in Jeff Martin's new graphic novel
Jeff Martin's forthcoming graphic novel will be his fifth set in the post-apocalyptic Alberta of Hockeypocalypse, but it represents several firsts.
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Comics artists reflect on home in new anthology
A post-apocalyptic city where hockey matters more than ever and a dreamscape where every dead nightclub is alive again are among the imaginary Edmontons to be enjoyed in the upcoming Alberta Comics Anthology.
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'Serve the artists': Glass Bookshop launches small press
The co-owners of Glass Bookshop have now become publishers to encourage and elevate the kind of work they want to sell in their independent bookstore.
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