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Mike and Karla Sillinger have been everywhere…but Regina is home

By Edward Willett in Blog
March 7, 2010
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The Spring 2010 issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina, for which I’m the editor, is just around the corner. In honour of that, here’s my cover story from the Winter issue, which featured former NHL player Mike Sillinger. *** Mike Sillinger holds the National Hockey League record for playing with the most teams—12 in all. He …

Winter issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina is out!

By Edward Willett in Blog
December 16, 2009
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The Winter 2009/2010 issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina magazine is out, all 260 full-colour glossy pages of it. This is the second issue I’ve edited, and I also wrote several articles for it, including the cover story, an interview with just-retired NHL player Mike Sillinger, a Regina native who’s now moved back to the city …

First issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina edited by me!

By Edward Willett in Blog
October 6, 2009
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I know, I know, I’ve got a million things to blog about and I will get to them (Banff, PureSpec, the state of Magebane, First Sentences I Wrote Today, etc.). But for now, this will have to do: it’s the cover for the first issue of Fine Lifestyles Regina that I edited. I just saw …

Rob Fuller: from globetrotting chef to Regina restauranteur

By Edward Willett in Blog
July 24, 2009
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As I’ve mentioned, I’m the new editor for Fine Lifestyle Regina magazine; but before I took on that job, I wrote two pieces as a freelancer for their first two issues. Here’s the one that appeared in the premiere Spring 2009 issue, about chef Rob Fuller… *** Regina Chef Rob Fuller didn’t exactly grow up …

If an author signs in a bookstore and no one comes near, does he make a sound?

By Edward Willett in Blog
May 30, 2009
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Another slow day in the bookstore signing books…just as slow as last week, alas. Which is not to say I didn’t sell any on either occasion–I sold a few–but it’s a bit discouraging all the same. Today I was at Book & Brier, and once again it was a beautiful day outside–warmest day of the …

Municipal Heritage Award for Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 23, 2009
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I’m pleased to announce that thanks to my book Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw (Red Deer Press), I’ve been awarded a Municipal Heritage Award by the City of Regina. (I posted about it being nominated back in November.) The award was presented tonight at the beginning of the City Council meeting by Mayor …

Things I Found in my Mother-in-Law’s House: The Medicine Cabinet

By Edward Willett in Blog
October 15, 2008
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Notes for today’s CBC radio spot… *** It’s a bit of a cliché: the guest who can’t resist poking through his host’s medicine cabinet, just to see what’s in there. Well, Ed Willett isn’t a guest in his own home but he sometimes feels like it, because it’s full of odds and ends that have …

My new book is out!

By Edward Willett in Blog
August 28, 2008
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No, not Terra Insegura–I haven’t even done the revisions on that yet. I’m talking about my newest nonfiction book, Historic Walks of Regina and Moose Jaw, published by Red Deer Press. I saw a bunch of them on sale in the Smith Books in the Cornwall Centre here in Regina today. I haven’t receieved any …