Donna Kakonge's Writings
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Short Story
Aug.28.2009
Spiderwoman
Matoke
In the early 1980's, when I was 10 years old, things changed at my school with the arrival of a new vice-principal. At O’Connor Public School in Toronto, Mr. Goldberg set up a close-circuit television studio. The show the students and Mr. Goldberg produced was called OCTV News.
In a small room of the school that used to be the teachers’ lounge,...
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About Donna
I started writing seriously at the age of seven. My grade two teacher, Mrs. Chen, had the whole class keep a journal. I wrote a story about dinosaurs that Mrs. Chen deemed “outstanding.” Ever since then, I have been hooked, as well I have been keeping a...
Causes Donna Kakonge Supports
Heart Research
Diabetes Research
Bloorview Sick Kid's Rehab
Dignitas
United Way
Daily Bread Food Bank
The Stephen...
Donna’s Favorite Books
The Invisible Man, The White Bone, (all of mine), The Elements of Style, On Writing Well, The New New Journalism, The Stand, Kane and Abel, Kameleon Man,...