Amanda Earl lists her Favorite Books read in 2010 which are:
Sandra Beck by John Lavery (House of Anansi, 2010), The Little Seamstress by Phil Hall (Pedlar Press, 2010), been shed bore by Pearl Pirie (Chaudiere Books, 2010), Jailhouse: 99 Canadian Sonnets, edited by Zachariah Wells (Biblioasis, 2008), Fear of Fighting by Stacey May Fowles with illustrations by Marlena Zuber (Invisible Publishing, 2008), Missed Her by Ivan E. Coyote (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010, Except the Dying # 1 by Maureen Jennings (McClelland and Stewart, 2004), Rhapsodomancy by kevin mcpherson eckoff (Coach House Books, 2010) and Missing Persons by rob mclennan (Mercury Press, 2009)
See her reasons why.

The following five poets are on the Origami Crane shortlist, as selected by Monty Reid:
Mary Lee Bragg
Terry Ann Carter
Grant Savage
Dee Hobsbawn-Smith
Claudia Coutu Radmore
Come out to Tree Tuesday, December 14 · 8 pm to hear who won.
It’s a Christmas Tree, all open mic.
Come early at 6:45 and catch Ronnie R. Brown’s workshop at the Library Room, floor 2A of the Arts Court.

The Nov/Dec issue of Unbrella: Covering the Arts in Quinte gave updates on the Purdy A-Frame.
Fundraising has brought in over $100,000. The A-frame Trust is moving into cooperation with Hastings Prince Edward Land Trust (HPELT), which has a mandate of protecting areas “important to our communities for their ecological and cultural values.”
The target date for transfer of ownership to HPELT is April 2011 with upgrades completed by Aug. 2011 and the first writer-in-residence to occupy it from Sept. to Nov. 2011.

The animation for the lyrics of Jonathan Coulton’s Shop Vac song is astonishingly good. What a marvel to make that.
And second, if you don’t know about the Advent Book Blog which gives a mini review of a book by someone who had read it and loved it, do go. It’s a before Christmas special.
And shortly after Christmas, Thursday, December 30 at 7:00pm – December 31 at 2:00am, or however long people linger, at The Carleton Tavern (upstairs):

the annual Peter F. Yacht Club reading + Christmas Party, with readings by Yacht Club regulars & irregulars, including Monty Reid, rob mclennan, Amanda Earl, Pearl Pirie, Cameron Anstee, Marilyn Irwin + plenty of others; lovingly hosted by rob mclennan

(*before my computer crashes again.)

at the Manx, Dec 4 performing from Sandra Beck. The book in some ways was born at the Manx as he met there 5 years ago Stuart Ross who blurbed the back of the book and Melanie Little who would eventually be the editor for the manuscript. A nice circle.
Recommended here and in a growing number of places.

Sandra Beck on the table at the Manx afterwards where Lise and Frances talk.