It was an assault that lasted 27 seconds and left author Salman Rushdie a changed man.

Two years and a new memoir later, he talks about the attack, writing and fear with Deborah Dundas on This Matters: thestar.com/podcasts/this-…

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For Toronto Star: some of the city’s biggest theatres have been caught using AI in recent marketing. The implications of that are…unsettling. thestar.com/entertainment/…

Want to be the first to buy the next big art sensation? Five untapped, emerging Toronto artists to connect with thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

'“Dayspring” dances in the dynamic equilibrium of sacred and profane, transcendent and quotidian, divine and perverse, until [...] every word is a prayer, every action a liturgy.'

Many thanks to Robert J Wiersema & the Toronto Star for this generous and thoughtful reading.❤️‍🔥

Toronto writer Anthony Oliveira's debut novel 'Dayspring' is about love, rooted in both the body and the spirit, and that effortlessly moves from Galilee to the Gay Village

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DAYSPRING by Anthony Oliveira is 'a powerful piece of storytelling, emotionally fraught and frequently hilarious,' Robert J Wiersema writes in the Toronto Star, very correctly, in my opinion

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My piece on Antanas Sileika and his new memoir, The Death of Tony, is up Toronto Star, for anyone who might be interested. thestar.com/entertainment/…

The Toronto writer who is putting Lithuania's storied history on the literary map thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

For Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, life is never an either/or. The Juno-winning soprano, actor and educator can be many things at once

My feature for the Toronto Star:
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Inside the Hot Docs implosion: How allegations of mismanagement and toxic behaviour are tearing apart the country's top documentary film festival thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

Heralding the end of freedom and innocence with dedication, pot and sex thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

TONIGHT | Journalist Paul Caruana Galizia discusses his memoir A Death in Malta with Michelle Shephard (@shephardm). Together, they explore the risks journalists face in pursuit of the truth.

7 pm | Toronto Reference Library
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There are strange stories hidden among the gravestones of the Necropolis...

We'll head out in search of them with Toronto Cemetery Tours as part of The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History!

Learn more here: bizarretoronto.com

Speaking truth to power: Why a stammer becomes playful in this poet's work thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

So, for anyone who might be wondering what I've been up to for the past eight months, this is forthcoming in fall 2024.

Writing about my vision loss has lead to a lot of work in TV and journalism. I wanted to pay it forward.

With Shared Bylines I’ve put together a scholarship for blind/visually impaired journalists. The scholarship is for three grand. Apply below.

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'Les Misérables' remains an emotional powerhouse in its return to Toronto. The show grabs you and never lets go, delivering back-to-back musical numbers that alternate between powerhouse solos and rousing choruses, says Karen Fricker. thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

I saw an ad in the paper that led me to become the first Canadian in space. My journey took me to mission control, to space on the Challenger and to Ottawa's halls of power. This is my story thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

A modest proposal: Instead of complaining about the lack of books coverage in Canada, why not support what does exist? shakespeareanrag.com/the-crisis-in-…