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Get out of my HEAD, Poetweet! Or, This is why technology will not soon take over the arts.

People have been complaining about technology replacing people for time out of mind. Since the Luddites in the 19th century protesting new textile-producing machines, to the distrust of Skynet-style computers à la Terminator, many have been preoccupied with the idea that … Continue reading

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PQ Weekly Round-up: This Week in Links @ The Porcupine’s Quill

PQ Weekly is a round-up of the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form.   There is apparently a Twitter feed for Shit Academics Say (@AcademicsSay) and it is brilliant. … Continue reading

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A crash course in social media

As some of you may already know, last week I was away, traipsing around British Columbia at Simon Fraser University. Following in the footsteps of Porcupette Caleigh Minshall before me (here and here), I signed up for three summer workshops … Continue reading

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The Porcupine’s Quill Around the Web (and some tweetspam frustration!)

The Quill has been all over the web recently, so I thought I’d gather some of my favourite links to share with you all! If you haven’t joined the haiku theatre contest, to win a copy of Shane Neilson’s collection … Continue reading

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So You Want to be an Intern? Hints from the newest Porcupette.

Hi everyone! Monique here, the newest Porcupette, hoping to pick up on the overwhelming, terrifying and challenging journey where Caleigh left off. I’m a recent graduate of Ryerson University’s publishing school and was also a classmate of Caleigh’s at Queen’s, … Continue reading

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2011 already?

After a long hiatus, I’m finally back. Primary and secondary school teachers in France are allowed several pretty amazing holidays throughout the school term, including a two-week break for Christmas — and so my partner, his family and I took … Continue reading

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