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• my small press love letter

  

  People say that nothing is like your first love. I would agree. I can tell you — without a moment’s hesitation — that small press literary publishing was a first love of my life, my professional life. The story goes something like this … I started volunteering and then working in publishing at Anvil Press…

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  Johanne Provençal

  23 Jun 2023

  all, arts, culture, music, everyday life

  Anvil Press, Drawn & Quarterly, independent bookstores, professional life, publishing

• shine on, Moonshine

  

  Moonshine. Their story began with Pierre Kwenders and Hervé Kalongo in 2014, as a house party following a full moon: “The essence of Moonshine came out of parties we used to throw in our kitchens … one of the reasons we started Moonshine [was] to share that with more people who felt like us, and…

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  Johanne Provençal

  16 Jun 2023

  all, arts, culture, music, events & festivals, nightlife

  Hervé Kalongo, Montreal, moonshine.mu, music, Pierre Kwenders, San Farafina

• where there’s smoke …

  

  As I write this, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) website is reporting 427 active wildfires across Canada (the year-to-date figure is 2,391 with a total of 4.4 million hectares burned). I’m not sure why I’m telling you this. If you live in Canada, you know that summer this year hasn’t yet begun and…

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  Johanne Provençal

  9 Jun 2023

  all, nature & landmarks, research and academics

  forest fires, wildfires