Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

‘Don't be afraid to write,' counsels comic Charles Demers The first time Charles Demers was in the Yukon around 2010, it was a quick trip in and out over three days to do a taping of CBC radio's The Debaters, and he didn't get to see a lot of the territory.

‘Write because you love to,' visiting author advises Alan Cumyn returned to the Yukon on April 1 to take up a three-month residency in the Berton House, along with his wife, Suzanne.
Harvest time is within sight for some salad greens Now that spring is knocking at our door, there is the urge to grow and eat fresh garden delights.

It's indeed a wild ride across the Atlantic Ocean ( Bookends ) I met Charlie Wilkins in 2005, when he spent part of a chilly winter at Berton House in Dawson City as writer-in-residence.
What we take for granted can provide sobering reflections About 15 years ago, I took a trip from Ontario to Alaska. I met a young lady and two male zoology students chipping away at a glacier.
‘You have to actually write if you want to be a writer' "I don't think that writing is something you're inspired to do actually,” says Whitehorse writer Lori Garrison. "I think it's just something you end up doing because you can't not do it ….

Exhibit Continues Linda Leon is one of several artists in the What About the Peel?
Dawson provided uncluttered time and a cultural surprise Clem Martini learned about Berton House from a number of residency alumni who were visiting as part of the Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary, where he is a professor in the drama department. The program sounded interesting.

There is more to birds than simply their looks During my early days as a conservation officer in Ontario (in the late ‘50s and ‘60s), I spent three years researching the life cycle of the Hungarian partridge.
Teenagers face the menace of werewolves, actual wolves ( Bookends ) The Reckoning concludes the Darkest Powers Trilogy,

Don't panic and give up on your lilacs pruning My lilac bush dominates the front lawn, and even though it's snowing a bit as I write this, I am already anticipating the fragrance of the flowers that magically appear in the latter part of June.

Bird lovers don't put out seeds for roaming killer cats! Ever since my conservation officer days in Ontario, I have had a strong interest in the cross-breeding of different species of birds, animals and fish.
High-octane adventure complicates a road trip Jack Reacher was heading for Virginia, in search of the face behind the nice voice and agreeable intelligence that had assisted him during a recent adventure.
Spring Break Fun Youth from the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre's spring break theatre workshop
Whitehorse author releases new book on local website Local writer Susan Baker admits her new piece NOSYM is not for everyone.

A vacation in Hawaii remains an eye-opening adventure Back in the early ‘70s, I had my first visit to the Aloha State, the Hawian Islands.
This murder was indeed decades in the making ( Bookends ) This book was an object lesson about how the part of a story that annoys you the most can turn out to be essential to understanding the part that you like.
Banishing Old Man Winter The 16th annual Burning Away the Winter Blues parade
A two-Martini evening was had at the community library Clem Martini is probably best known as a playwright.

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