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Margie Taylor

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I'm a writer and former journalist with eight published books: four novels, a radio play, a parenting manual, a book of humorous essays, and a collection of book reviews. My first novel, Some of Skippy's Blues (Robert Davies, 1998), won the Alberta Writers' Guild Best Novel award.

The next, Displaced Persons (NeWest Press, 2004), won the AWG's Trade Fiction award, was nominated for the Ontario Library Association's Evergreen Award, and was described by the Globe and Mail as an "excellent mystery ... that leaves you wanting to read on and on".

In 2011, my collection of humorous essays, 60 is the new 20: A boomer's guide to aging with grace, dignity, and what's left of your self-respect, was published by Mediscript Communications.

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Displaced Persons

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You Can’t Clap With One Hand, a review


In August of 1972, President Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of Uganada’s Indian minority, giving them 90 days to get out of the country. Many of these were UK citizens, and some 27,000 emigrated to Britain. Of the other refugees who were accounted for, 6,000 came to Canada. Mallee Stanley’s debut novel, You Can’t Clap With One Hand, tells the story of one such family.

The story is set in Kampala, i

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In August of 1972, President Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of Uganada's Indian minority, giving them 90 days to get out of the country. Many of these were UK citizens, and some 27,000 emigrated to Britain. Of the other refugees who were accounted fo ...more
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Geography was one of my favourite subjects when I was in high school. I loved poring over maps, thinking about all the strange and exotic places that existed in the world, and wondering about the people who lived there. I never got further than Weste ...more
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Kintsugi, a work of auto-fiction by first-generation Chinese Canadian Ming Louie Stein, takes its title from the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the cracks with lacquer mixed with gold. It is an apt metaphor for the story of a so- ...more
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Fifteen years ago when I began writing Harrow Road, the novelized version of my great-grandmother’s life, I realized this was one book I wasn’t going to be able to pull out of my head. I needed help. My g-grandmother, Annie Elizabeth Morgan, was born ...more
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"When I use a word," [he] said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

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Nobody really needs an excuse to re-read P. G. Wodehouse, but I will say that going back to one of my favourite writers has given me a much-needed sense of comfort in these stressful times. There is something soothing about retreating into a world wh ...more
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When I was young and naïve – well, younger than I am now – and working on my first novel, I used to imagine myself walking down the street and being stopped at regular intervals by people who’d read it. I imagined them doing a double-take as they rec ...more
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