Tag: Regina

My new vlog: join me as I walk and talk around Regina

By Edward Willett in Blog, Video
March 24, 2021
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I like to walk, and I’ve recently discovered the phenomenon of people livestreaming walks in various places around the globe. I’ve decided to do the same–even bought a motion-smoothing gimbal. I livestream these on Facebook and YouTube, then later upload the HD version from the phone and delete the livestream copy. That eliminates the buffering …

My future city: I dabble in public prognostication

By Edward Willett in Blog
December 11, 2012
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Later this morning I’m expecting a phone call from a reporter at the Regina Leader Post, who wants my science-fiction-writer take on the future of the city, ca. 2035. Of course the city has its own rather boring (well, from an SF writer’s perspective) plan for the futuristic city of Regina, which is full of …

Saturday…oh, all right, Tuesday…Special from the Vaults: Introduction to Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw

By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, The Vaults
May 29, 2012
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My 2007 book Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw, published by Red Deer Press, is just what it says: a collection of 10 walking tours (eight in Regina, two in Moose Jaw) that take you past a number of homes and commercial buildings of historical or architectural interest, with a brief description of each. …

Read My Book: Magebane

By Edward Willett in Blog, Books
January 5, 2012
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QC and Bridges, weekly free-circulation entertainment/lifestyle magazines put out by the Regina Leader Post and the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, respectively, have both just run what I wrote for their popular “Read My Book” feature focusing on local authors’ works. Here’s what I had to say about Magebane (the online version here at the Star-Phoenix’s website is …

I’m going to be the Regina Public Library’s writer-in-residence!

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 11, 2011
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Well, it looks like the official announcement has been made: I’m going to be writer-in-residence at the Regina Public Library this September 1 through the end of next May. The Regina LeaderPost has the story here. I’m very excited about it. It’s a paid position, $35,000 over the nine months, and 70 percent of my …

Covers of the last two Willett-edited Fine Lifestyles magazines

By Edward Willett in Blog
October 22, 2010
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The fall issues of Fine Lifestyles Regina and Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon, the last edited by me, are now out. Here are the covers. (Similar, but not identical!) They should both be online sometime in the next little while. Fine Lifestyles Regina includes a feature about me, written by Mark Claxton, and although I’m not exactly …

Women of influence: Five women, five extraordinary citizens

By Edward Willett in Blog
September 21, 2010
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Here’s the cover story I wrote for the summer issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina, on five prominent women: Jacqui Shumiatcher, philanthropist; Susan Barber, lawyer; Darci Lang, motivational speaker; Janine Wilson, realtor; and Susan Minard, businesswoman. Enjoy! *** Every community is built by individuals, living their lives, reaching for goals, creating things, building things, donating time …

Latest issues of Fine Lifestyles Regina and Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon now online

By Edward Willett in Blog
August 23, 2010
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The summer issues of Fine Lifestyles Regina and Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon, both of which I edit, are now online. Fine Lifestyles Regina features five prominent women on the cover; Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon has Vaughn Wyant and Lori Leach. We’re already hard at work on the fall issue, due out in early October. Clicking on the …

Up close and personal with Paul J. Hill

By Edward Willett in Blog
July 13, 2010
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With the summer issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina just around the corner, I thought I’d post my cover story from the spring issue, an interview with Regina businessman Paul J. Hill. Enjoy! *** Paul Hill says he’s most known in Regina for three things: his blue 1976 Mercury Marquis, his habit of consuming eight Diet …

Premiere issues of Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon and Fine Weddings Regina now online

By Edward Willett in Blog
June 10, 2010
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The premiere issues of two more magazines I’m now editing, part of the Fine Lifestyles family, are now online: Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon and Fine Weddings Regina. Fine Lifestyles Saskatoon is the sister publication to Fine Lifestyles Regina, and will be appearing quarterly (the next issue will be out in July, pretty much concurrently with the …

Things I Found in My Mother-in-Law’s House: The 1912 Postcard

By Edward Willett in Blog
June 5, 2010
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It’s been a while since I did this, but I’d like to resume occasionally posting “Things I Found in My Mother-in-Law’s House,” which I STILL hope to turn into a book at some point. Mostly I’ll post things I can scan. Like this 1912 postcard, which was sent to Sam Goodfellow a few days after …

Spring issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina now online

By Edward Willett in Blog
April 9, 2010
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The Spring 2010 issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina, the local magazine I edit, is now online. There are always things you can improve, especially in a magazine that’s more than 200 pages, but I think it’s our best one yet. On the cover of this one: Paul and Carol Hill. Paul Hill’s company, which is …