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		<title>The Fourth Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another round up of items for this, the fourth month of the year twelve twelve. Or something. Algoma is reviewed (and I&#8217;m briefly interviewed) on Literary Mama. I recently read my poem &#8220;Salvage&#8221; (June 2011 issue of The Walrus) for a spot on Walrus TV on eqhd. The spot appeared on eqhd in March and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=1020&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art for Derek</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Recess]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Derek McCormack]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troops: Derek McCormack needs your help. Attend. Donate. Please. For more details, click here. Filed under: Writing Recess<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=1013&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Febforever</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dani Couture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Dozen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month never ends. But here, some things. Open Book Toronto&#8217;s Grace O&#8217;Connell, author of the soon-to-be published Magnified World (Random House), asked me to complete OBT&#8217;s Dirty Dozen. Book blog &#8220;Teena in Toronto&#8221; takes a look at Algoma. Stay warm and dry. And looking to feel better? My recommendation? Read a book on Everest. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=1002&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Janvier</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Globe and Mail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year. May you get what you want this year. Algoma is reviewed in today&#8217;s Globe &#38; Mail and the January/February 2012 issue of THIS Magazine. For all Algoma-related press, click here. In the meantime, work on a new book begins. Here&#8217;s my super fancy set up. The oven fries are an integral part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=994&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decembre</title>
		<link>http://blackbearonwater.com/2011/12/03/decembre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Algoma was included as one of the books in the Toronto Star&#8217;s reviewers’ Top 100 books of 2011. Also, the lovely Shawn Syms&#8217; &#8220;Lakehead and Heart&#8221; profile can be found in the December issue of IN Toronto magazine. A new review can be found in The Winnipeg Review. A review by Shannon Webb Campbell in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=977&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Trust</title>
		<link>http://blackbearonwater.com/2011/11/27/writers-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Outside World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devon Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanis Rideout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Cole]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was lucky enough to attend the Writer&#8217;s Trust gala for a second year in a row. They put on such a lovely event. To learn more about the Writer&#8217;s Trust and its programs, please visit their website. More photos in the Globe and Mail, Open Book Toronto, and the Writer&#8217;s Trust. Filed under: The Outside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=967&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Al</title>
		<link>http://blackbearonwater.com/2011/11/20/al/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review in Atlantic Books Times: &#8220;&#8230;[Couture's] affinity for deft and delicious imagery is much in evidence in her first novel&#8230;temptation to tie the story up with a trite little bow, choosing instead to reflect the truth that losing a loved one changes families irrevocably.&#8221; Algoma is favourably reviewed in the December 2011 issue of Quill [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=958&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Invisibly Yours</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Algoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boatwatching]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You know you have a kick ass publisher when they send you pics of your favourite ship. Thank you Robbie MacGregor for this: Filed under: Algoma, Boatwatching<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=955&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mom will be geeked (and so am I)</title>
		<link>http://blackbearonwater.com/2011/11/10/mom-will-be-geeked-and-so-am-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Algoma is listed as an Editor&#8217;s Pick in the December 2011 issue of Chatelaine. I grew up with that magazine. This&#8230;makes me happy. Also, the amazing and beloved Type Books in Toronto included Algoma in a recent Type Talk e-newsletter: &#8220;The debut novel from Toronto poet Dani Couture. Think early Atwood style &#8230; and plenty [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=951&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Literary Death Match</title>
		<link>http://blackbearonwater.com/2011/11/08/literary-death-match/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danicouture</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Black]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While no actual blood was spilled, beer was. I also attempted (key word: attempted) to spell authors names with my body (Give me an &#8220;H&#8221;!). In the end, I had to phone a friend to help me spell &#8220;Chinua Achebe.&#8221; Amazing night at the Literary Death Match. Thanks to all, especially my brothers in arms, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbearonwater.com&amp;blog=2050619&amp;post=946&amp;subd=danicouture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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