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Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Southern Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father.

Friday, October 26, 2012

What A Rush

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A couple of weeks ago, I got to see Rush twice.  Once with a ticket I had purchased (well worth the price to be standing 3rd row dead centre...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Grinch Who Stole Halloween

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My son went out the front door this morning to discover that somebody has stolen two of the "Gruesome Greeters" that have been a p...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Calling All Hamilton Area Zombies

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My standard Avatar given a bit of a tweak from my friend Brandon Are you looking for another excuse to dress up as a zombie and shuffl...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Return of the Mac

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It was about one year ago that I left the McMaster University Bookstore to join Kobo as Director of Self-Publishing & Author Relations...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

Sudbury Book Event

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Tonight I will be appearing at the Vale Living With Lakes Centre on Ramsey Lake Road for a panel discussion, reading and book signing with S...
Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Sudbury Book Event: The Power of Popular Fiction

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I am delighted and honoured that I get to share the stage with some amazing writers from Sudbury. Tomorrow night (Thursday Oct 4, 2012), I...
Monday, October 01, 2012

Tesseracts Sixteen Launch

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A while back, I blogged about how I lost my Tesseracts virginity at 16 .  I also blogged on the same subject for a guest post at Open Book T...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Tesseracts Sixteen Launch

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This Saturday, at Bakka-Phoenix , a must-go bookstore for science-fiction and fantasy readers in the Toronto area, Tesseracts Sixteen: Parna...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

World's Best Neighbour

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There are times when you must pause to appreciate the simple, yet powerful things in life. Like having the world's best neighbour. M...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Context is King

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Sigh, I just got a nasty sounding request from Google Adsense to take down the offensive content on a blog post entitled " That Little ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Haunted Hamilton Book Trailer

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I recently compiled a bit of a slideshow to go with the talk I gave at last Friday's book launch (which was, I am delighted to say, pret...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Haunted Hamilton Book Launch

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It has certainly been a great media week for me in the lead up to tonight's official book launch for Haunted Hamilton:  The Ghosts of D...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Spirits of Hamilton Haunt New Book

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The other day Hamilton Spectator reporter Jeff Mahoney called to talk to me about Haunted Hamilton .  He told me that he quite enjoyed the b...

5 Tips For A Successful Book Signing

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I've been doing a lot of in person appearances lately for Haunted Hamilton and will be doing more shortly for Tesseracts Sixteen . ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Remembering And Celebrating Their Lives - Project 2996

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For many years now, on the anniversary of the tragic day where 2996 people lost their lives D. Challenger Roe began Project 2,996 which ...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Commuting Companion

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Meet Barnaby, my new commuting companion. No, he won't get me into the HOV lanes on my daily drive from Hamilton to Toronto. But...
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Friday, September 07, 2012

Haunting Locke Street Festival

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One of my favourite "end of summer" events each year is always the Locke Street Festival . Each year, on the Saturday following ...
Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Lady Forgotten

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“Lady Forgotten” © 2012 Roger Czerneda   Several weeks ago, I was honoured to be included in a very special evening at Swanmore Ha...
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