Reviews and stuff on Leacock Medal Winners
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1--Be careful how you judge a sixty-eight-year-old book
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2--Sometimes the packaging is everything
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3--They may think you’re funny for wrong reasons
1950--Turvey by Earle Birney
1950--Turvey by Earle Birney
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4 -How one word can change a book
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5 -Finding your own “moveable feast”
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6--How to embrace uncertainty
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7--How the basics of politics never change
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8--The limits of self-deprecating humour
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9--When more words are better
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10--Why travel writers need a place to call home
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11--When home is not a place
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12--Why the best story is not always dramatic
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0 – How to create your own success
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13--Why someone would abandon humour writing
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14--The power of simple sentences and plain talk
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15--Why we like idealized images
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16--When it’s time to see the humour
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17--How to laugh in hard economic times
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18--How to keep sane amid the insanity of war
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19--Mixing Formats
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20--Breaking all the rules
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21--How to stay creative within a bureaucracy
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22--A formula for generic Canadian humour
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23--How to echo character in the setting
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24--Why writing is thinking
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25--How to persevere in a writing career
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26--How to write profiles of ordinary people
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27--What makes good dialogue
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28--How much description is enough
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29--How a tall tale can tell a truth
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30--Political satire and the real “Newfoundlander” jokes
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31--The appeal of silly
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32--Assuming another persona
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33--How to sustain a book series
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34--Domestic humour and keeping it simple
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35--Telling the story of a whole community
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36--Metaphors and similes
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37--How to tell a love story without making love
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38--The novella format and humour
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39--A humour-column checklist
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40--How writers find courage
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41--Flashbacks and fictional time
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42--Writing of young love
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43--Telling a story from two different perspectives
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44--Regional histories with national appeal
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45--The humour in unfettered truth
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46--The mystery of why I like John Levesque
1994--Bachelor Brothers’ Bed and Breakfast by Bill Richardson
Lesson 47--Finding time and space to read and write
Lesson 47--Finding time and space to read and write
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48--How to laugh at the fear of failure
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49--The caring yet practical perspective of farmers
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50--Why Google-era writers still collect trivia
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51--The role of an unreliable narrator
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52--Why we sometimes like “boring” stories
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53--Why humorists mix facts and fancy
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54--Why any Canadian would try to make a living from creative writing
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55--How to laugh in the book publishing business
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56--How to see the humour in our history
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57--How to create an effect by not saying things
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58--Humour in travel writing
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59--On the need for continuous curiosity
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60--The Secret to storytelling success
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61--Seeing the humour under your nose
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62--How to write the fish-out-of-water story
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63--Plotting and plodding
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64--How a creative spark leads to a story
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65--The incongruous setting
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66--Caring about characters
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67--Community and humour
Lesson 68 - What's in a name
2016 - Republic of Dirt by Susan Juby
Lesson 69 - Different Perspectives
2017 - Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin
Lesson 70 - Humorous History
2018 - Gone to Pot by Jennifer Craig
Lesson 71 - Humour at different ages
2019 - Boy Wonders by Cathal Kelly
Lesson 72 - Finding meaning through humour
2020 - Molly of the Mall by Heidi L.M. Jacobs
Lesson 73 - That first job
2021 - Indians on Vacation by Thomas King
Lesson 74 - Looking at Travel through a different lens.