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Michal Kozlowski

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Michal Kozlowski is the Assistant Publisher of Geist. He immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1989 and has worked as a luggage handler, a fire hydrant painter and a Residential Care Worker at a group home. He is the author of the children’s book Louis the Tiger Who Came from the Sea (Annick Press).

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Hunting Lodge

The Hunting Lodge is one of a series of annual photography events. more »

Apr 17, 2013 by | | in Photography

Boomtown

L.B. Foote fled Newfoundland to avoid life as a cod fisherman and became Winnipeg's best-known photographer, chronicling Boomtown's growth, energy and struggles. more »

Dec 18, 2012 by in Essays

Hub to the North

Poet Billeh Nickerson found a photo by Victor Post, official photographer for the government of Alberta, for 50 cents in a thrift store. more »

Aug 25, 2012 by in Photography

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Photo by Brian Howell

New World Publisher

Randy Fred thought that life after residential school would be drinking, watching TV and dying. Instead, he became the "greatest blind Indian publisher in the world." more »

Mar 5, 2012 by in Essays (3 Comments)

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The Weirdest of Whitehorse

Awards for the weirdest and wackiest of Whitehorse. more »

Dec 1, 2010 by in Michal Kozlowski's Blog (2 Comments)

Mothers & Daughters

A quick note on Mothers & Daughters and the upcoming ALFF/Whitehorse Geist Awards. more »

Dec 1, 2010 by in Michal Kozlowski's Blog

The Linguists

The Linguists screened on International Mother Tongue Day more »

Dec 1, 2010 by in Michal Kozlowski's Blog

Sam McGee's Cabin

Is that Sam's original cabin? And what that says about the difference between Americans and Canadians. more »

Dec 1, 2010 by in Michal Kozlowski's Blog (3 Comments)

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Sidewalk

Sidewalk is an ethnographic study of the lives of magazine and book vendors on Sixth Avenue in New York, written by Mitchell Duneier. more »

Apr 19, 2011 by in Reviews

Stickboy: A Novel in Verse

What happens when the bullied begins to bully back? more »

Mar 10, 2011 by in Reviews

The Mole Chronicles

In his debut novel, Andy Brown, founder of conundrum press, shows that simple, subtle prose, a boundless imagination and a sense of humour make for a great read. The Mole Chronicles (Insomniac Press), written in vignettes, charts a sibling relationship involving moles (of all kinds), swimming pools, comic books, secret organizations, political activism, culture jamming, imminent environmental doom, kidnapping, traffic accident reports and a missing mother. more »

Feb 22, 2011 by in Reviews

Joseph Howe and the Battle for Freedom of Speech

John Ralston Saul is optimistic that democracy and citizenry are being preserved in community and town-hall meetings throughout Canada. In Joseph Howe and the Battle for Freedom of Speech (Gaspereau), Saul juxtaposes Howe’s vision of a free press as part of inclusive political debate against Canada’s shift away from fact-oriented journalism toward opinion columns and superficial, repetitive pulse news. more »

Jan 12, 2011 by in Reviews