George K. Ilsley's Blog
June 20, 2020
From the Vancouver Sun: “all the characters in this drama of small-town loss and bafflement are…
From the Vancouver Sun: “all the characters in this drama of small-town loss and bafflement are shown with compassion in all their human complexity. At a time when so many of us are dealing with mortality during the pandemic, this book will provide thoughtful comfort and artful relief to many readers.”
Book review: Son’s end of life memoir for his father is gritty, honest and moving
From the Vancouver Sun: “all the characters in this drama of small-town loss and bafflement are...
From the Vancouver Sun: “all the characters in this drama of small-town loss and bafflement are shown with compassion in all their human complexity. At a time when so many of us are dealing with mortality during the pandemic, this book will provide thoughtful comfort and artful relief to many readers.”
Book review: Son’s end of life memoir for his father is gritty, honest and moving
June 17, 2020
Talk to people while you can folks! Today is the perfect time....
Talk to people while you can folks! Today is the perfect time. Thanks to @montecristo_mag for publishing this essay and photos of my father. Dad’s age 91 is the starting point for my memoir The Home Stretch. #memoir #novascotia #annapolisvalley #eldercare #nonagenarian #90yearsold #nonfiction #arsenalpulppress (at Annapolis Valley, NS)
https://montecristomagazine.com/essay/never-late-listen-closely-90-year-old-dad-stories
June 6, 2020
When you don’t have obsession, when you don’t have hang-up,...
When you don’t have obsession, when you don’t have hang-up, … opening quote from Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Sets a mood, but then The Home Stretch veers off into another, all too human, direction. #thehomestretchbook #dzongsarkhyentserinpoche #epigraph #memoir #nonfictionbooks #bookstagram #whatimreading #booklover #booknerd #dharma #inspirationalquotes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGQuqDn7EW/?igshid=dkp8ltl3brlq
May 30, 2020
subTerrain magazine, new issue. From the editorial by Oliver...
subTerrain magazine, new issue. From the editorial by Oliver Hockenhull: “The enemy of utopia isn’t dystopia, but oligarchy. We are living in a time of disinformation designed to unravel what remains of a consistent and progressive world story; the Enlightenment that is an abiding in enquiry and the demos as a means of creation and confession.” #subterrainmagazine #literature #scifi #strongwords #politenation #shortfiction #nonfiction (at Vancouver, British Columbia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1jI_pnGRn/?igshid=1cv8oonig13xt
May 11, 2020
This book was recently published by @arsenalpulp. It’s my first...
This book was recently published by @arsenalpulp. It’s my first creative non-fiction book, and grew out of a series of visits to see my father, in his nineties, in small town Nova Scotia. By George K. Ilsley. #memoir #canlit #prose #books #nonfiction #georgekilsley #thehomestretchbook (at Annapolis Valley, NS) https://www.instagram.com/p/CADXfs-HjLx/?igshid=ja9fd3951hqh
May 10, 2020
One of my messy bookshelves. Any attempt to organize ends of...
One of my messy bookshelves. Any attempt to organize ends of looking worse. What do we see here? An early Andy Quan @andykeoquan and several from @arsenalpulp including God in Pink and Weekend. #canlit #books #fiction #prose #shelfie #writers #indiepublishing #smallpress (at Vancouver, British Columbia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CACK8BxHVfz/?igshid=8o6yw0ikehc9
May Ganesh find you and help you. Ganesh helps with starting...
May Ganesh find you and help you. Ganesh helps with starting projects and is especially fond of writing and writers. Ganesh will remove all obstacles! #ganesh #writing #writer #removingobstacles (at Wherever You Find Yourself)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAvDggH1lw/?igshid=jlmi7yzdwjb2
May 9, 2020
Always keep them with you! Never let go! Keep them close,...
Always keep them with you! Never let go! Keep them close, forever! #badtaxidermy #cats #whatwasithinking (at Vancouver, British Columbia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-NbwOnHSq/?igshid=107xph394mu3s
May 8, 2020
Traffic jam, Vancouver style. #publicart #scuplture #vancouver ...
Traffic jam, Vancouver style. #publicart #scuplture #vancouver (at Vancouver, British Columbia)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_7kStwnlgf/?igshid=1i4ud4fxrbpq5
