Ottawa author Conor McCarthy releases a book of short stories

 Title: Wanderings Author: Conor McCarthy ISBN: 978-1-7772754-0-2 If you are in the mood for captivating, elegantly written short stories that can be read in under 30 minutes, Wanderings may be just the book for you. The stories are comedic, heartening, and sometimes melancholy but never disengaging. Most of the stories pertain

Ottawa Writers Festival: One on One with Jian Ghomeshi

 Jian Ghomeshi, the host of CBC Radio Q (a national arts magazine show), was in town on October 27 to discuss his 1982 memoir. 1982 is the story of Ghomeshi's life in grade nine while living in Thornhill, a Toronto suburb. Ghomeshi tells stories of girls, concerts, school, parents and

Well, That’s The Kind of Life It’s Been — Lloyd Robertson at the Ottawa Writers Festival

 On October 26, Knox Presbyterian was filled with people excited to once again hear the familiar voice of former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson. Robertson appeared to do a talk about his impressive career as the longest-serving news anchor in Canadian and international history. Over his 59-year career in broadcasting, Robertson has