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Reading and Book Launch: "The Last Hunt"

Apr.08.2012
Reading and Book Launch: "The Last Hunt"

On Thursday, April 19th, 2012 (7:30 p.m.) I'll be reading from my latest book, a western novel titled THE LAST HUNT, at the North Battleford Library.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and, needless to say, I'll be more than happy to sign my book and chat about the writing of THE LAST HUNT.

Hope to see you there.

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May.17.2012 - 7:12 am
The beauty of a prose poem
Adrian Villar Rojas' "Family Dead"
It was Baudelaire who got me hooked. I picked up a volume of his works at some booksale and discovered that as well as verse that could blacken your eyeballs, he also composed...
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May.12.2012 - 2:10 pm
Fifty Shades...of nausea
My wife told me she heard "author" E.L. James being interviewed on a national radio program and assured me that I would've loathed every syllable she uttered. Indeed.  I...
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May.08.2012 - 6:25 am
Are you wasting your life?
Well, well, look at you: You just walked out of "The Avengers" movie and you're down about thirty bucks, what with admission, beverages and popcorn, parking on top of that. ...
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Apr.27.2012 - 6:45 am
Resurrecting Lazarus
Orson Welles
What is it with me and obsolete art forms? I love westerns enough to actually go out and, y'know, research and write one.  Walked the same paths as my hero, cast my eyes on...
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Comments from Cliff

May.13.2012 - 6:58 pm
In response to: Fifty Shades...of nausea
Great to hear from you
Sara: Lovely letter, my gratitude for responding and at such length. I'm a proselytizer on behalf of the printed word,...
Apr.02.2012 - 6:04 am
In response to: Writing a book is one thing...
The art of promotion, without seeming to try
It's a dodgy thing, isn't it? We're artists, we're not supposed to seek public aggrandisement, just be happy being...
Apr.01.2012 - 1:42 pm
In response to: Writing a book is one thing...
Sensible words
I'm not a social network guy--I'm not on Facebook, though my youngest son and some of his pals started an unofficial FB...
Mar.19.2012 - 6:39 am
In response to: Why I love western movies
Our own fault
Audiences have only themselves to blame.  If the mall rat/video game generation would grow up and stop expecting...
Sep.04.2011 - 5:26 pm
In response to: Calling a pig a pig
Good response
I think the only thing I can really add to what you say is that we all, obviously, approach writing, any art form, for...

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"The Reality Machine" by Cliff Burns
Mar.30.1997
The Reality Machine
Published by Strange Adventures (U.K.)
"At last Canada has found a literary equivalent to David Cronenberg."
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Cliff Burns is a literary pioneer, going independent two decades before it became fashionable. For Burns, it was never about the money; it’s always been about artistic integrity and connecting with his audience.”
—Robert Runte, Canadian critic and academic

About Cliff

I've been a professional author for more than 25 years and an independent publisher since 1990, when my first book, Sex & Other Acts of the Imagination, was released through an imprint my wife and I created.  That little publishing concern, which...
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Cliff’s Favorite Books

Ah, now this is a tough one. "Favorite" books or "best" books? Because that's two entirely different things... Still, here are a few of the ones that have...