I spent a good chunk of today at Wordbridge, the annual writers’ conference in Lethbridge, Alberta. My main reason for coming was to launch a Shadowpaw Press title (Broken Realm by Jenna Greene, a Lethbridge …
This is Easter weekend; last weekend, I sang in the Easter concert of First Baptist Church here in Regina as a guest soloist and chorister. The whole concert is worth listening to, but if you’d …
I put a link to this in the previous post on my Aurora-eligible work for 2025, but wanted to highlight it. This was my contribution to the Shapers of Worlds Volume V anthology, and it …
The Aurora Awards are Canada’s best-known science fiction and fantasy awards, voted on by fans every year. I’ve been fortunate enough to win twice, for Marseguro (DAW Books) (soon coming out in a new edition from Tuscany …
Put this under the category of “things I’ve meant to do for a long time”: I finally published (under my Endless Sky Books imprint) a new edition of The Haunted Horn, a modern-day middle-grade ghost …
The Shards of Excalibur audiobooks, narrated by the wonderful Elizabeth Klett, are now available again after being off the market for a short while. Best of all, while they’re once more on Audible.com and Audible.ca, you …
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Examining autumn, reviewing Shakespeare
I have two pieces in today’s Regina LeaderPost. On the front page of the Weekender section you can read my article on the science of autumn, which comes complete with a rather odd picture of me holding up a leaf and looking slightly deranged.
Then, in the Arts and Life section, I’ve got a review of Globe Theatre’s new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which begins:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which opened Thursday at Globe Theatre, highlights the first fruits of the theatre’s intensive Actor Conservatory Training Program: 10 new artists, most making their professional debut.
Based on the strength of this production, directed by Ruth Smillie, we can expect to see these and future graduates of the program gracing stages across Canada for years to come.
Permanent link to this article: https://edwardwillett.com/2008/10/examining-autumn-reviewing-shakespeare/
