Author Archives: Thomas Purves

It was good to see that town again, it’s been 2 or 3 years. The aircanada gate is still always the same. Ended up having a fantastic time though I still had the slightest feeling of dread upon landing landing … Continue reading →

Rather than (only) being a vendor pitchfest, I am genuinely surprised by the content quality of the office 2.0 conference so far. And that’s not just the free iPod talking. Over the next two days I’ll be posting on some … Continue reading →

Not content to just incite riotous outrage amongst my regular readers [ed. all 5 of them?] for killing poetry, I thought why rest there? Why not lets take on another beloved media: Fiction. Can we kill off poetry and fiction in just one week’s work?

This time I went straight to the experts. Exclusive! My one question interview with the lovely and sage Grace O’Connell, rising star at one of Canada’s more eminent publishing houses (who shall remain unnamed). What bleak hope is there for the humble novel in the hyper saturated media market in contending for your average consumer’s attention?

My guess was that things don’t look good for the Canadian Novel, at least with the traditional models of business and distribution.

But, you know, sometimes I just make these things up, let’s ask Grace… Continue reading →