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A story about a former Toronto mayor
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’ve recently read a great study by John Filion about a former Toronto mayor. Newspaper journalists do not necessarily do a great job of it when they write a full-length book. The skills associated with journalism may or may not make for a great book-length text. John Filion has been a City of Toronto councillor for 15 […]
Last-minute notes as we get closer to Oct. 17 MCHS ’60s Reunion
/4 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick on the photos to enlarge them – including of the photos the salmon swimming and jumping; click again to enlarge them further Yearbook or age-17 or undergrad photos of Spouses/Guests To the extent it’s possible, we’d like to include yearbook (from whatever highs school) or age-17 or undergrad photos of Spouses/Guests. I’ve contacted a […]
I was impressed with first episode of CBC TV’s This Is High School
/9 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillUpdate Click here to watch the First Episode: Grade Nine is the Worst Year > [end of update] I was impressed with the first episode of This Is High School, a TV series that the CBC Media Centre (see link in the sentence you are now reading) describes as follows. The episode, which I learned of […]
The Luminaries (2013) is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize and Governor General’s Award for Fiction
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillI heard about The Luminaries (2013), by Eleanor Catton, through Twitter mentions, articles at CBC and elsewhere, and CBC radio segments highlighting the book’s receipt of the 2013 Man Booker Prize. A Feb. 19, 2014 Sydney Morning Herald article is entitled: “Frenzy of fame: Man Booker winner Eleanor Catton is happy to return to a […]
American Hustle (2013) is loosely based upon the late 1970s FBI Abscam sting
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillSeveral overviews based upon the movie American Hustle (2013) – from The New Yorker, The Daily Beast, and The Telegraph, among other sources – are available online. The IMDb overview of the film sums up the story: “A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild […]