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		<title>Canadian Literature Review: Exile on a Grid Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2017 20:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a lovely surprise to see a review of my poetry collection,&#160;Exile on a Grid Road,&#160;in the journal&#160;Canadian Literature&#160;this week! It made me happy, so I&#8217;m happy to share! (Exile&#160;is available from the publisher, Thistledown Press, as well as online booksellers such as McNally Robinson, Chapters and Amazon.ca. Thanks,&#160;Canadian Literature,&#160;and reviewer, Natalie Boldt! ~~~~~]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Sale With My Name On It&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My poetry collection, Exile on a Grid Road, is among books featured at Thistledown Press. It&#8217;s on sale through the publisher this week only (until Dec. 11), and at 30% off, that makes it a bargain at only $9 and change. (And I am in amazing company for this sale&#8230;) See http://www.thistledownpress.com/ for more info, &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/12/a-sale-with-my-name-on-it.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Sale With My Name On It&#8230;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beer and Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A local brewpub, The Bushwakkers, has decided to set up a Writers Corner, featuring new books by local authors. I&#8217;ve donated a copy of Exile on a Grid Road, and have been asked to take part in the launch of the library, er, shelf this weekend. Here are the details, from the Saskatchewan Writers Guild website: Bushwakker &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/11/beer-and-books.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Beer and Books</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Selling books at the local grocery store</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Banks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Selling books — or trying to — can be both fun and frustrating, as recently came home to me (again) when I joined a pilot book table project at a Regina grocery store. On the positive side, it was mildly entertaining watching the shoppers pass by, and counting the ways they tried to avoid eye &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/09/selling-books-save-foods.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Selling books at the local grocery store</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Words in the Park in the Theatre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Banks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, I read at the Saskatchewan Writers&#8217; Guild&#8217;s Words in the Park series — except that a thunderstorm moved in, and so we read in the Regina Public Library theatre, instead. It was fun to meet and share the stage with local writers Bob Friedrich and Cat Abenstein.  This reading series is held once &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/08/words-park-theatre.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Words in the Park in the Theatre</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Canadian culture, identity and literature</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Banks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 23:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week, I met in Regina with Sutina Chou, who is going Coast to Coast, interviewing writers about their work and their thoughts on national literature and identity. Sutina is a student at McMaster University &#8212; and as I am a Mac grad myself (Hons English and Spanish), it was interesting to hear news about the &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/08/canadian-culture-identity-literature.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Canadian culture, identity and literature</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Remembering Poetry and a Pint</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Banks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent Poetry and a Pint event at Bushwakkers Brew Pub was a great idea from Saskatchewan&#8217;s current Poet Laureate, Gerald Hill. At least, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve heard from many of the people who dropped by to have a drink and listen to local Regina writers read their new work. And so, in memory of the &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/06/remembering-poetry-pint.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Remembering Poetry and a Pint</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Prairie Crocuses in bloom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Banks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve read my other blogs, you&#8217;ll know I have passion for Prairie wildflowers and birds. Spring is the time for new sightings of both: the birds are migrating north, and the Prairie Crocuses — one of our first flowers — are blooming again on our hillsides. (Yes, we have hills in this part of Saskatchewan; they fall down the &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/04/prairie-crocuses-bloom.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Prairie Crocuses in bloom</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Voices: SWG Mentorship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Banks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The New Voices reading, with apprentices in the Saskatchewan Writers&#8217; Guild 2016 Mentorship Program, is one of my favourite literary events. This year, I am honoured to host the Apprentice Readings. When: April 28, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Artesian, 2627 13th Avenue, Regina. Who: Jason Heit, Ashleigh Mattern, Katerina Nakutnyy, and Dora Mushka. Heit, Mattern, Nakutnyy and &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/04/emerging-writers-reading-swg-mentorship.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">New Voices: SWG Mentorship</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marketing for Writers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shelley Banks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 01:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Regina, SK, writers — there are still a few spots left in the Marketing for Writers Workshop I&#8217;m leading this week. It&#8217;s hosted by the Regina Public Library as part of the RPL&#8217;s Writes of Spring! That&#8217;s this Wednesday — April 6, 2016 — from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., at the Regent Place branch on north Albert Street. I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a href="http://shelleybanks.ca/2016/04/marketing-for-writers.html/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Marketing for Writers</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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