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Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-52314266647103951222014-06-09T13:37:00.001-04:002014-06-09T13:37:47.179-04:00Residency at KIAC in Dawson City, YukonI just looked through my blog and it is looking pretty lacklustre, as of late. It's not because I haven't been up to much - just the opposite in fact! I'm fresh off of spending part of April and most of May in beautiful Dawson City, Yukon, at the incredible KIAC (that's Klondike Institute of Arts & Culture) artist residency. After that I was the artist-in-residence for two weeks at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse in Montreal, and I am currently writing this from Residency #3 at beautiful Sparkbox Studios in Prince Edward County, Ontario. But for the sake of brevity, I'll stick to the Yukon for this post. <div>
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Here is a random smattering of images that in their own imperfect way document what was arguably one of the best months of my life in recent memory. I drew a ton, made great new friends, saw gorgeous wilderness, and had some seriously great moments of self-discovery. The Yukon is a very special place. Dawson 4---> <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">♥</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">♥</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">♥</span><br /><div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful contemporary carvings in the Whitehorse airport, done by people in their early twenties! Mad skills. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plane couldn't land in Dawson City due to fog cover, so it continued on to Inuvik and Old Crowe, and landed in Dawson later in the day. I didn't mind - free aerial tour of the arctic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Crow is a fly-in only community. I told my mom I went there and she said, "Oh, that's your second visit. I went when I was 7 or 8 months pregnant." What? Crazy, mom. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The residency begins. Did I bring enough pens???<br />(Okay but seriously, it is kind of terrifying going to make art in a place where you know you cannot buy new materials if you run out. Embrace the unexpected, I know - obstacles lead to creative problem-solving, which can have great results. But my inner control freak totally insisted on packing over 200 pens and pencil crayons. I am so not Zen.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lucky enough to go not once, but twice, to Tombstone National Park. The first time everything was covered with snow and the mountains looked like <a href="https://artmatters.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2872-640x518.jpg">Lawren Harris</a> paintings. It was the quietest place I have ever been. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were 2 more hours of sunlight a day by the end of my month-long visit. Including dusk and dawn, it basically got dark from 2 am - 3 am and that's it. I hear that by solstice you can read outside 24 hours a day. I loved it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entire town looks like a Wild West movie set. People are almost bizarrely friendly. So much fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could spend every day here. And...I am sure many do. Can't get over how great this bar is.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the river broke up we had a pic nic on an iceberg. So Canadian, right? Actually no one I know has ever done that. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More collage. An almost ridiculous amount of cutting up flowers = so many Radiolab podcasts listened to.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No trip would be complete without a visit to the cancan girls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I actually got a lot of drawing done. I finally proved to myself that art *and* socializing are possible. There ARE enough hours in the day (when the days are 23 hours of light long...)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the town from Moosehide Slide. It is stunningly beautiful. I've never seen a sky so blue!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More patterned animal drawings on the way!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fruits of my labours. Finished about 10 drawings and am crazy prepared for some serious collaging!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other artist in the house with me was <a href="http://sarahsmalik.ca/">Sarah Smalik</a>. After our artist talks we threw a dance party! It was extra sweaty because no one could figure out how to get the storm windows off. It was also kind of weird having a dance party while it was still super light outside. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1:30 am on my last night. Waaaaaaah! Eternal sunlight is the best.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little drawing I left as a gift for the walls of KIAC. Every artist leaves something when they go. My personal favourite is Shary Boyle's self-portrait from 2002.</td></tr>
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Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-69262040573002980422014-06-09T12:57:00.000-04:002014-06-09T12:57:09.206-04:00Prints & Inks: Exhibition in Ottawa June 20-22<a href="http://jpking.ca/">Jp</a> and I will be showing some of our recent risograph prints (printed by<a href="http://paperpusher.ca/"> Paper Pusher</a>) at the upcoming <a href="http://www.spinsandneedles.com/prints-and-inks-2014/">Prints & Inks</a> Exhibition in Ottawa. We are thrilled to be invading Canada's capital with some of our weird and pretty patterned/geometric work.<br />
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Presented by Spins & Needles, Prints & Inks is taking place at the multidisciplinary collaboration venue, IdeaSpace in downtown Ottawa June 20-22. Full details below.<br />
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What: Prints & Inks 2014 presented by Spins & Needles<br />
When: Friday, June 20, to Sunday, June 22, 2014.<br />
Opening Party: Friday, June 20 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.<br />
Weekend Hours: Saturday, June 21 to Sunday, June 22: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Where: IdeaSpace (131 Bank St., Ottawa), (top floor)<br />
Admission: Free<br />
Curated by: Melanie Yugo, Spins & Needles Creative Director<br />
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This weekend-long show will feature the work of exciting Canadian talent in print, illustration and design, alongside a pop-up shop, hands-on print activities, and a late-night art party. Work by Spins & Needles Silkscreening 101 workshop alumni will be on display. Original, affordable artwork, limited edition prints, clothing, zines and other print items will be available for purchase.<br />
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We’ll be at the new multidisciplinary collaboration venue, IdeaSpace, top floor.<br />
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:: OPENING NIGHT<br />
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Opening night is Friday, June 20 from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.,with resident DJ Jason Skilz spinning underground beats, cash bar and hands-on print activities. Works will be for sale and several artists will be in attendance.<br />
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:: WEEKEND HOURS<br />
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The show is open to view on Saturday June 21 and Sunday June 22, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on both days.<br />
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:: PRINT LAB<br />
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The Spins & Needles print lab will be up and running throughout the weekend. Silkscreen your own Prints & Inks poster or experiment with the other screens available.<br />
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:: FEATURED ARTISTS x ILLUSTRATORS X DESIGNERS<br />
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Featuring 30 selected artists, illustrators and designers from the capital and other Canadian cities working in the diverse field of print and graphic arts. A mix of emerging and established talent, many of whom are showing in Ottawa for the first time. Curated by Melanie Yugo, Spins & Needles Creative Director.<br />
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Raymond Biesinger (Montreal)<br />
Andrew Benson (Edmonton)<br />
Diane Bond (Ottawa)<br />
Bookhou (Toronto)<br />
Gregory Brunet (Montreal)<br />
Julia Dickens (Toronto)<br />
Michael Haddad (Ottawa)<br />
Merle Harley (Halifax)<br />
Josh Holinaty (Edmonton)<br />
Danny Hussey (Ottawa)<br />
Kid Icarus (Toronto)<br />
JP King (Toronto)<br />
Jenn Kitagawa (Toronto)<br />
Jadyn Klassen (Winnipeg)<br />
Eunice Luk (Toronto)<br />
Kirsten McCrea (Toronto)<br />
Drew Mosley (Ottawa)<br />
Elyse Moir (Halifax)<br />
Alicia Nauta (Toronto)<br />
Le Pire Shirt du Monde (Montreal)<br />
Popolo Press (Montreal)<br />
Ross Proulx (Ottawa)<br />
Luke Ramsey (Pender Island, BC)<br />
Marta Ryczko (Toronto)<br />
Amery Sandford (Halifax)<br />
Stephanie St-Jean Aubre (Gatineau/Montreal)<br />
Jill Stanton (Edmonton)<br />
Guillermo Trejo (Ottawa)<br />
Anne Tessier (Ottawa)<br />
UNIK Print Shop (Montreal)<br />
Colin White (Ottawa)<br />
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www.spinsandneedles.com | @spinsandneedles<br />
Hashtag: #PrintsandInks<br />
Facebook: Spins & Needles<br />
Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-3615849488011788402014-04-03T17:40:00.001-04:002014-04-03T17:40:49.689-04:00Woo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Just got word that I got an Ontario Arts Council grant to pursue my Werewolf Ladies series. Very excited to begin working on this project I have been dreaming of for the last 2 years!</div>
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<br />Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-64270600900193843152014-02-24T11:55:00.002-05:002014-02-24T11:55:46.753-05:00Red Dirt T-shirt - help give clean drinking waterRed Dirt is a t-shirt company that raises money for clean drinking water through a partnership with water.org. $5 from every shirt sale goes to give one person in a developing country clean water for a year; $25 gives one person clean water FOR LIFE. Today they are releasing a shirt with one of my more spring-like drawings on it.<br />
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Check them out: <a href="http://www.reddirtshop.com/into-the-garden-tee-by-kirsten-mccrea-womens/">http://www.reddirtshop.com/into-the-garden-tee-by-kirsten-mccrea-womens/</a><br />
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Other great talks that day include Shannon Gerrard speaking on Nano publishing and Guillaume Morrissette and Alyson Mitchell talking about how to survive bad reviews.<br />
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See more at: <a href="http://www.brokenpencil.com/canzine-symposium-for-indie-culture-makers">http://www.brokenpencil.com/canzine-symposium-for-indie-culture-makers</a><br />
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And on Sunday, stop by the <a href="http://papirmass.com/">Papirmass</a> table for great deals on back issues and a contest!Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-60825800314036730672013-08-28T14:48:00.003-04:002013-08-28T14:48:32.421-04:00Word up to the 80+!I'm pulling together a new contributor's page for <a href="http://papirmasse.com/">Papirmasse</a>, and holy moly guys: I have published the work of over 80 artists and writers over the last 4 years! And what a 4 years it has been. Currently gearing up for 2014 and I can tell you already that our content is going to BLOW YOUR MIND. Very, very, very pleased with all that has come and all that is yet to come. Thanks especially to the wonderful people who have shared their work over the years. Long live print!<br />
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I have compiled an epic to-do list for <a href="http://papirmasse.com/">Papirmasse</a> for the next four months, along with help from our new Production Manager, JP King of Paper Pusher. After this shot we put each task in chronological order! Thank you <a href="http://www.scottbelsky.com/">Scott Belsky</a> for writing organization books for artists - I am finally where I have always wanted to be on in organizational terms! Now to tackle that weird pile of forgotten laundry at the back of my closet...Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-91776174485775727042013-07-26T10:09:00.004-04:002013-07-26T10:11:21.512-04:00Dan-D-Noser at The Hole NYC Summer Reading Room<br />
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Yay! My new book Dan-D-Noser (along with several other Paper Pusher titles) will be hanging out at The Hole Gallery in New York all summer, sitting alongside pieces by the likes of Miranda July and David Shrigley. They've transformed their Bowery gallery space into a massive art book reading room. If you're in NYC this summer be sure to check it out! Many thanks to Harley Smart, Anteism and Paper Pusher.</div>
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Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-87653271158418095942013-06-13T21:40:00.000-04:002013-06-13T21:40:08.746-04:00Papirmasse and Paper Pusher at The Commonwealth / Go Home MagazineMy skull drawing is in the latest issue of <a href="http://gohomeprint.ca/" target="_blank">Go Home magazine</a>, a new arrival on the Toronto arts landscape. More than a magazine, they are also the people behind <a href="http://gohomeprint.ca/commonwealth" target="_blank">The Commonwealth</a>, a new Toronto-based collective whose aim "<span style="color: #444444; font-family: MuseoSans-300, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">is to bring together Toronto’s independent creative communities, with a focus on DIY, small press, and independent print and publishing. Through curated events, The Commonwealth will help local creatives join forces to promote the DIY and small press scene as a whole."</span><br />
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The Commonwealth put on a zine fair in the sweaty, sweaty Sterling lofts last week. Jp held down the fort as I stayed up all night long enjoying an impromptu bachelorette party (thanks ladies!). Here are some photos of the night, all taken by Charles Yao (who is not only a great photographer, but also the designer of the fantastic <a href="http://littlebrothermagazine.com/" target="_blank">Little Brother Magazine</a>, run by Emily Keeler).<br />
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<br />Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-18739927366792778362013-06-13T21:30:00.001-04:002013-08-14T00:21:08.754-04:00Gettin' MARRIED + Paper Pusher & Papirmasse at Broken Pencil's NXNE Zine Fair!If you are sensing a theme from the last three posts... yes, <a href="http://paperpusher.ca/" target="_blank">Paper Pusher</a> and I are collaborating a lot more. That's because (spoiler alert) I just married JP King, the paper pusher himself. We joined forces when we moved in together a year ago, but as our wedding date approached we both realized that we really want to make this whole small-press thing a team sport for real. We have been exhibiting and tabling together more (at events such as <a href="http://gohomeprint.ca/commonwealth" target="_blank">The Commonwealth</a> and this weekend's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/477011459048038/" target="_blank">NXNE Zine Fair</a>), and we will be soon announcing a few other very exciting collaborations.<br />
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For those not in the know, Paper Pusher is a small printshop (run out of our home) that specializes in artist-made products and prints using a risograph. Basically a never-ending stream of incredibly talented people come traipsing up our stairs, and I get to see their beautiful files turn into incredible prints like this:<br />
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<a href="http://jpking.ca/" target="_blank">Jp King</a> is also an artist who makes beautiful collages like this:<br />
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and crazy contraptions like this Exquisite Corpse typewriter machine (pictured here at Art Metropole during their recent book symposium):<br />
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<b>All this goes to say: <i>this weekend we are tabling at the NXNE zine fair, put on by Broken Pencil!</i></b><br />
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There's a nice blog post about it here, with a full list of vendors: <a href="http://www.brokenpencil.com/news/broken-pencil-and-nxne-present-a-small-press-arts-fair">http://www.brokenpencil.com/news/broken-pencil-and-nxne-present-a-small-press-arts-fair</a><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hope to see you there!</span>Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-50727759281375442712013-06-13T21:05:00.004-04:002013-06-13T21:05:59.381-04:00Papirmasse & Paper Pusher at MassivArt's Chromatic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-59057125198754411842013-04-17T11:45:00.002-04:002013-04-17T11:45:24.813-04:00City of Craft is this Saturday, April 20!<a href="http://www.cityofcraft.com/" target="_blank">City of Craft</a>, Toronto's goldmine of indie goodness, is happening this Saturday, April 20, at the church at 427 Bloor Street West (just a block West of Spadina). I made the poster and am pleased as punch with how it turned out. Screenprinted posters will be available at the fair courtesy of the fantastic <a href="http://kidicarus.ca/" target="_blank">Kid Icarus. </a><br />
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<br />Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-87982589464216122392013-01-30T16:16:00.001-05:002013-01-30T16:17:10.794-05:00Named one of Artinfo's 30 Under 30!This is really dorky but a few weeks ago I thought to myself, "Damn, I'm almost 30. I'd really like to be on some sort of 30 under 30 list. Time is running out!" And then Artinfo came calling. It's a really great list of people and I am honoured to be on it (alongside my partner in life and crime <a href="http://jpking.ca/" target="_blank">Jp King</a>).<br />
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Kirsten McCreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526543259274397575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3677565377773025587.post-11003834968501618132013-01-30T16:10:00.001-05:002013-01-30T16:13:00.395-05:002 Upcoming ShowsSwing by Gallery West tonight (January 30, 2012) to catch <a href="http://www.gallerywest.info/upcoming.html" target="_blank">Exhibit 28</a>, a group show of 28 artists curated by Nathalie Quagliotto. Next week, come to the Art Gallery of Ontario for <a href="http://www.ago.net/1st-thursdays-february-7-2013" target="_blank">February First Thursday</a>. A large-scale installation of drawings based on my new book Dan-D-Noser will be on display, right near where A Tribe Called Red is playing. Featured artists in the show include OTHER (Troy Lovegates), Aaron Li-Hill, Deadboy, Shannon Gerrard, and the Bissel Bombers.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica;">For 2012, I am happy to say that I reached it (perhaps* exceeded it). A large number of the books are from small press and Canadian authors, which is perhaps my favourite result of the 30-book challenge: items picked up at small press fairs and passed along through friends no longer languish on the shelf, lost amongst the more attention-demanding best-sellers. Realizing that every book I read would help me get closer to my goal encouraged me to spend time with zines and lesser-known literature, which for the most part proved to be weirder and better than your standard bestseller fare.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; text-decoration: underline;"><b>In (mostly) chronological order (except for the end where I added in all the ones I had forgotten to include):</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">1. Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Lots of people like this book. I am one of them. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">2. Coldwater, by Jamie Ross</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">An interesting debut from a young author. I think it shows a lot of potential but would have benefited from more editing.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">3. A Long Way Down, by Nick Honrby</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Just say no to Nick Hornby. Oh my god why did I read the whole thing. Must have been because I was in the country with little else to do. Big mistake. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">4. Red Light On The Prairies: the bonanza years when the wide open frontier was a hooker's happy hunting ground, by James H. Gray</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So. Fucking. Great. A history of prostitution in the early days of the prairies - entertaining and informative. I think the subtitle says it all.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">5. Dress Your Family In Cuorduroy and Denim, by David Sedaris</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">David Sedaris is great, though I couldn't shake the feeling that I had possibly already read this book. It's kind of bad not to remember, no?</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">6. Crazy Like Us, by Ethan Watters</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A fabulous book about the exportation of the American definition of mental illness to countries around the world. Best book so far! A must-read.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">7. The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg * </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Meh. Okay. Glad that it was audiobook and I wasn't wasting my precious reading time on it.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">8. Berlin, City of Stones, by Jason Lutes</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">FANTASTIC. Totally falling in love with graphic novels because of this.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">9. Unspent Love, by Shannon Gerrard</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A gift from the author and JP and I both read it within a few days of receiving it. So lovely and a little bit sad. Now we leave it on our coffee table and guests often read it when they stay with us. It's all part of our secret Shannon Gerrard fan-club recruitment mission.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">10. Wheat Belly, by William Davis * </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Bleah. Repackaged Atkins diet mumbo-jumbo. Again, thank god this was an audiobook. I live with someone who can't eat wheat anyway. What was I thinking? Waste. Of. Time. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">11. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Of course you know that you must read this book and also see the movie. Not necessarily in that order.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">12. Farenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A classic for a reason. Loved it. Ray Bradbury was a fortune-teller for sure. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">13. Berlin, City of Smoke, by Jason Lutes</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Two down in the Berlin trilogy. I thought there was a third and am dismayed to discover that this was the final one. More Berlin books, Jason! Don't deprive us. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">14. Freakonomics, by Stephen Levitt * </span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Meh. Pretty interesting at times, but I think my enjoyment of it was marred by the supremely shitty documentary based on the movie and some bad experiences listening to the podcast, which came across as surprisingly right-wing (see more on Levitt's politics here: <a href="http://shameproject.com/profile/steven-d-levitt/">http://shameproject.com/profile/steven-d-levitt/</a>).</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">15. Three Day Road, by Joseph Boyden</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Beautiful and horrifying. A gift from my step-dad, who has great taste in literature. Would definitely recommend this frightful read about the horrors of the First World War and colonization. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">16. Imagine: How Creativity Works, by Jonah Lehrer *</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The first audiobook that wasn't a total waste of time! Actually this guy is pretty smart and this was a good listen, even if it did turn out in the end that parts of it were made up. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">17. Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine, by Stanley Crawford</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The award for weirdest book of the year (and therefore one of the most enjoyable) goes to this tale of a couple stranded at sea for a lifetime.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">18. The Re: Visionist, by Miranda Mellis</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I...don't really remember reading this. But it is on the list. Daaaamn. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">19. The Middle Stories, by Sheila Heti</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A great collection of short stories. The one with the mermaid is probably one of my favourite short stories of all time. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">20. Art & Sexual Politics: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?, ed. by Thomas B Hess and Elizabeth Baker</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I figured it was time to read this 1970s classic. It was utterly depressing. Not much has changed. Not enough, anyway. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">21. Younger Next Year *</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The subtitle of this self-help book for baby-boomers is "How To Live Like You're 50 into your 80s". I very much enjoyed it. So there.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">22. Super Flat Times, by Matthew Derby</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">From the story of the little boy who clings to the meat tower, to the war where the machines are built to hurt rather than kill, to the land where all food is made of meat…I want to crawl inside this man's brain and never leave. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">23. Self-Made Man, by Norah Vincent</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Norah went undercover as a man for a year in an attempt to discover what the world is like when experienced through the eyes of the other gender. An interesting account, even if it ultimately fails to be journalism due to the highly personal nature of her experience. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">25. You Are A Cat! by Sherwin Tjia</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">In the vein of the choose-your-own-adventure books from the 90s. At once far more simplistic than the originals…and yet far more sinister. Really enjoyed it. Read ALL the adventures. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">26. Families Are Formed Through Copulation, by Jacob Wren</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The title essay from this collection is absolutely, wonderfully, hilarious. I look forward to reading more by this author.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">27. Typography Sketchbook, by Stephen Heller and Lita Talarico</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A look inside the sketchbooks of some of the world's leading typographers. Eye candy. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">28. Upper Playground 2</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A collection of art by some of the biggest names in the mostly American low-brow & graffiti scene. The kind of book I would have loved when I was 18 but ultimately, 10 years later, found rather disappointing. It was oh-kay. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">29. Elle-Humour, by Julie Doucet</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">A stunningly beautiful collection of Julie Doucet's collage-poems and images. One of the nicest examples of what a book can be that I picked up this year.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">30. All My Friends Are Superheroes, by Andrew Kaufman</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Possibly my favourite book this year. I can't get enough of how this man's brain works, and highly recommend reading his other stories, including the Tiny Wife and a story from the now sold-out first issue of Little Brother.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Comics on acid. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">32. Three Word Phrase, by Ryan Pequin</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I read this sick as a dog, coughing up my lungs on my friend's couch. It is really funny and made me feel way better.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">33. $8.95, by Alan Resnick</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">JP picked this up on the merch table at a Dan Deacon show. The entire book is transcriptions from Chat Support sessions with Bank of America employees. It is, surprisingly, very funny. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;">34. Making Ideas Happen, by Scott Belsky</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Written by the founder of the Behance network, this is a self-help organization book for artists. On the organization front, I need all the help I can get. This book actually really helped me calm down about all the projects I have on the go, and yes, I bought the associated product (the Action Method). Don't knock it 'till you've tried it. So far it has helped me a lot. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">I almost forgot to include this, since it is technically a magazine. But it looks and feels like a book, so to hell with it: on to the list it goes! Totally great content and layout from start to finish in this new magazine that explores the relationship of little things to big things. My favourite text was Andrew Kaufman's short story, though Chris Randle's text on the pressure Canadians face to situate their stories in America was a close second. Other magazines on my radar this year: Maisonneuve, Print, and Carousel. </span><br />
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