Carrie Mac Writes What She Would Like to Read
Carrie Mac’s stint as a mentor at this year’s Young Authors’ Conference is a return engagement, as she was here in 2013.
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Carrie Mac’s stint as a mentor at this year’s Young Authors’ Conference is a return engagement, as she was here in 2013.
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As I began searching for idioms with a digestive theme, in honour of this year’s “Poop” edition of What’s Up Yukon, I discovered…
Kim Hudson’s highly-varied background looked like indecision in the beginning, but she says it has turned out to be a rich resource…
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Blue Camas, Blue Camas is a new children’s book, written by Danielle S. Marcotte and illustrated by Alyssa Koski…
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Peter Jickling was part of What’s Up Yukon’s editorial team from 2012–2015, during which he wrote a weekly column…
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Three generations—including two children, two teenagers, eight adults and two dogs—got together for a week at a B&B…
It’s a good life … or, from the movie Oliver!, “It’s A Fine Life” (a very fine life!). Yes, I’ve taken to incorporating song titles…
Tibetan Buddhist monk Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche has been coming to the Yukon for nearly two decades, every year until the pandemic hit.
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Once again, this year, the annual Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) Authors on Eighth writing contest has two entry levels…
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The world should have more ducks, really, and according to a well-known idiom, they should be in a row. That’s right…
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I don’t know about other languages, but English tends to have names for groups of creatures. These are called collective nouns…
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Has anyone else noticed a disturbing trend with the media? The number of articles on stuff that’s gonna kill ya?
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A pit bull has a forehead. A bull terrier’s head looks like a football. He’s got this great big nose so he can lower his head and bash…
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Even if you are poor You can still shop at the free store The free store is no joke, ‘Cause you can buy an’ be broke…
I’m not just sure when David Thompson started writing his tales of an alternative Klondike, but he began submitting entries…
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His mellow voice started crafting an unvarnished tale, with campfire simplicity. I had never heard of the Edmonton Story Slam “Slam Off”…
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Hands up those of you who have ever wished you could be invisible. Right? Right? Me too! There are all kinds of reasons it would be fun…
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This book tests my understanding of the word calamity, which is usually defined as “a state of deep distress or misery.”
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For some odd reason, this idiom has popped into my head several times in the past weeks: “Don’t throw out the ‘baby’ with the bathwater.”
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“Memorizing poetry is my daily training and therapy,” B.C. storyteller Andre Sutherland Begin said, adding he will be coming to the Yukon…
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At first all the birds were white, And Eagle was their Chief. All the birds had a meeting. They decided to paint each other.
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What does a rat even smell like? Well, I have no idea … even though I’ve seen a rat or two in my lifetime…
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This past Christmas season, Yukoners were introduced to a new children’s book created by local illustrator Tedd Tucker.
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You will see Dumbo the elephant You will hear Porky the pig You will touch Bambi You will see Woody the Woodpecker You will hear
If ever you should find yourself alone in the vast woodlands of the North and you happen upon large, humanoid footprints in the mud…
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So, remember that Christmas comes but once a year … and embrace that thought and whatever meaning this humble idiom holds for you.
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Eleanor Millard’s story is a familiar one. She came to the Yukon in 1965 and got captured. She has mostly been here since…
Writing is a lonely task: sitting at home and putting words on paper is the main part of an author’s life.
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