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May 5, 2013 by Kris Rothstein in Kris Rothstein's Blog
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Kris Rothstein is an Associate Agent at the Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency. Prior to that, she worked for five years as an Associate Editor at Geist. Kris is currently a member of Geist’s Editorial Board and a regular contributor of book and film reviews. She is also the proprietor of Smart Cookie Publishing, a micro-press.
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PuSh 2013: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Rollicking Scottish play about folk ballads more »
Jan 31, 2013 by Kris Rothstein in Kris Rothstein's Blog
PuSh 2013: Reich & Rite
Vicky Chow plays Steve Reich and Igor Stravinsky more »
Jan 29, 2013 by Kris Rothstein in Kris Rothstein's Blog
PuSh 2013: Winnipeg Babysitter
Daniel Barrow's film of clips from Winnipeg public access TV programs of the 1980s and '90s is sublime. more »
Jan 27, 2013 by Kris Rothstein in Kris Rothstein's Blog
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Darwin's Bastards
Kris Rothstein reviews Darwin's Bastards (Douglas & McIntyre). more »
Mar 14, 2011 by Kris Rothstein in Reviews
Miss Smithers
Susan Juby’s literate teen novel Alice, I Think (Thistledown Press, 2000), tells the story of an eccentric girl muddling through life in a small British Columbia town. Juby wrote two bestselling sequels and has since become a teen-fiction phenomenon. In her second novel, Miss Smithers (HarperTempest), Alice, the charming heroine, enters the town’s beauty pageant as the nominee of the local Rod and Gun Club. more »
Mar 7, 2011 by Kris Rothstein in Reviews
Souvenir of Canada
The Coupland who appeared in Souvenir of Canada at the 2005 Vancouver International Film Festival (produced by Robert Cohen et al.) was thoughtful and affable, eager to share his odd collection of Canadian detritus and his ideas on national identity. more »
Feb 8, 2011 by Kris Rothstein in Reviews
Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminists
The coolest kids of all are the ones who aren’t afraid to show their true colours: those are the women of Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminists (Sumach Press). Anyone who thinks that feminism is dead or that young people are apathetic should read this book—proof that there is a lot more to girl power than the Spice Girls. more »
Feb 7, 2011 by Kris Rothstein in Reviews
