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jeannekwong · 2 months
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Books Inspired by Arthurian Legends
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Here is my reading list
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken
The Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwall
The Color of Dragons by S.A. Salvatore & Erika Lewis
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jeannekwong · 9 months
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Bitter Medicine – A Review
Elle is a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine. Luc is a half-elven warrior. While she is working menial tasks and writing enchanted Chinese calligraphy for change, he is out capturing outlaw magical beings.
Elle uses her magic to help Luc on cases, but there is beginning to be something between them.
She is also doing all she can to protect her younger brother, but at what cost will that be to her? While there is action and adventure, the book has a significant romantic element.
Reading the book gave me a sense of calm and soothing feeling. There is a jumble of elements that pulls from Western faerie lore as well as Chinese legends. Much of the book gave vibes of a high-flying cdrama, with locales in the U.S., France, and Egypt.
It is a debut novel that packs in a lot in one volume, and asks what heroes are willing to give up for a good life.
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai Tachyon 2023
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jeannekwong · 9 months
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Every once and a while, I will want to read about old Hollywood. The Electric Hotel by Dominic Smith is my #librarybook of the week. #amreading #historicalfiction #bookstagram
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jeannekwong · 10 months
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Is it cultural appropriation or cultural appreciation? With so much Japanese pop culture in the mainstream it is hard to say. I will have to find out by reading The Way of Shadows for myself! #amreading #scififantasy #massmarketpaperback #bookstagram
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jeannekwong · 10 months
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A book I started last year about twins with one choosing to pass as white when older. It is the neighborhood book club pick for June. #amreading #literaryfiction #bookstagram
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jeannekwong · 11 months
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Ellen Braun Photo credit: Rachel Boekel Photography
Each & Every Song at DIY Theatre Date posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
After over 20 years as singer and songwriter, Ellen Braun is turning to a new chapter in her career. Starting Thursday night with Each & Every Song, she brings a new one-woman 90-minute theatrical production to Calgary audiences. With music incorporated throughout the set, there is bound to be a good time out.
“I have always been a songwriter. I started calling myself one in my 20s. Now I am in my late 40s,” Braun says. “It is a journey I’ve been on my whole life.”
Ellen Braun is a Canmore-based singer and songwriter who performs as a solo act as well as in the band Trundled.
Braun did not have a goal of ever writing a play. According to her, it just happened.  “One day I felt compelled to write a one-woman show. I sat down over a weekend and wrote it,” she says.
She had always enjoyed seeing musicals and theatre.
The music and monologue put together for the piece are a way of accessing and a way to connect to the audience.
“The play is based on my life,” Braun says. “They are in snippets and follow a trajectory from knowing my purpose to losing slightly of it. It is about having obstacles get in the way, and living with purpose for what we’re meant to do.”
Each & Every Song is presented by DIY Theatre in Calgary and will be performed May 18 to May 21 at the Work Nicer Railroad Yard location at 1206 20 Ave SE. For tickets and more information, visit www.diytheatre.org
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jeannekwong · 11 months
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One more book on the last Friday of the month. Alligator by Lisa Moore is my #fridayreads #literaryfiction #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CrlmtyFJ_ac/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 11 months
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Makambe Speaks at West Village Theatre
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Photo credit: Jaime Vedres Photography
Makambe Speaks
After her travels, Makambe K. Simamba returns to Calgary with the World Premiere of a new solo show, Makambe Speaks.
A co-creation with Eric Rose and the team at Ghost River Theatre, Simamba sets off to answer the question: where are you from?
“As someone who has lived in Zambia, Guyana, Virgin Islands, Calgary and Ontario, the idea of identity is fluid and very interesting to me,” Simamba says. “There is not an easy way for me to define.”
Ghost River Theatre is known for their experimental and non-traditional use of narrative for telling stories. Through the collaboration, Simamba says she was able to explore immigration and identity with humour.
“There is a lightness to the show,” she says. “I can joke about lived identity and what to offer as part of the journey.”
The work with Ghost River Theatre has been a good fit for Simamba.
“I get help to work to capture the different things that go off in my mind,” she says. “The work is representative of how my brain works and felt like a good match.”
Simamba can be seen in recent television projects, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and True Dating Stories.
Some recent theatre productions include, ”Our Fathers, Songs, Lovers and Little Brothers,” also a solo performance that is a prayer for Black life.
Makambe Speaks runs from April 25 to May 6 at West Village Theatre. For more information and tickets visit www.ghostrivertheatre.com
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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A new book in a series by Rena Barron is out today. Meanwhile I started reading the first book which I have had from the library for many weeks #weekdayreads #yafantasy #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq58NAPJROj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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I think posting this on Commonwealth Day might make me look like an ungrateful troll (it is able the Opium Wars from South Asian perspective), but I already picked it to read for March #mondayreads #historicalfiction #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvjetNPecI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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My next library book is a queer opera in space, Winter’s Orbit by #everinamaxwell #mondayreads #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CpdowVWPqmw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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After reading Severance by Ling Ma, I have been looking for more literary sci-if by Chinese or Chinese American authors. Time for little gods by Meng Jin, my #librarybook of the week #mondayreads #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLrQr_PdJc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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After reading a couple more recent mysteries by Ruth Ware, I went back to her debut! #mondayreads #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Co6Jt4ALjo1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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At Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer @theatrecalgary I wanted so long to see a show this theatre season at Max Bell Theatre located at Arts Commons! https://www.instagram.com/p/CodxQcwLuxb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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I can assure you, I do have the most recent book by Heather O’Neill. It just happens I haven’t finished reading Lullabies for Little Criminals from 2006! My #mondayreads #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVHnf2vNnB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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Trail of Lightning is an exciting fast paced read. A sci-fi fantasy that reads like an action movie, it is my #fridayreads this week #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNKHUGrV8h/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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jeannekwong · 1 year
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Saints of Big Harbour is the last book on my January TBR, now starting it earlier in the month after seeing a new short story by Lynn Coady in @thewalrus #weekdayreads #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CnP_m1MyWmu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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