Christopher Olson

Soulgazers

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:13:31 -0500

The Soulgazers writing collective threw caution to the wind with their latest issue. Like an illustrated game of broken telephone, each writer took the inspiration for his or...

A literary first aid kit

TristanLaPointe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:07:37 -0500

Palimpsest magazine mixing up the magazine format with multimedia

When one thinks of a magazine, images of glossy pages and celebrity profiles glutting the aisles next to the check-out line at a drug-store fill the mind. In a dying...

Andrew Piper predicts the future of the printed word

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:15:49 -0500

Books have survived the gramophone, radio, television and the audio-book. But will they survive the iPad? Andrew Piper, an assistant professor at McGill University and a...

Jan ist good

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:54:30 -0500

Jan’s Atomic Heart Simon Roy New Reliable Press 56 pp $5.95 Jan’s Atomic Heart, runner-up for Best English Comic at...

It’s all true

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:43:58 -0500

Jeff Miller makes the jump from zine to paperback

“When I was making the zine, I never let the impermanence of the medium change the way I wrote,” said Jeff Miller of the 15 years he spent writing his Ghost Pine zine. “I...

Mischievous milk cartons

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:38:18 -0500

Papier10 highlights the many purposes of pulp

The paper airplane stands as one of the least aerodynamic aircraft designs in human history, but also one of the most popular and persistent. The fun isn’t in flying them so...

Saturday honours for Stingers

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:25:49 -0500

Women’s rugby team sweeps sports awards

The women’s rugby team was well-represented on the podium at this year’s Concordia Stingers’ Awards Banquet, as three members left the Mount Royal Centre with awards on...

Adding to their portfolio

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:21:38 -0500

Folio magazine showcases McGill’s other skills

McGill University might not have a fine arts program, but the editors of Folio magazine want to let people know they’re fine with that. Compiling the visual art and...

Zines for troubled teens

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:10:56 -0500

Concordia grad teaches workshops for at-risk youth

By her own admission, Larissa Andrusyshyn was a high school outcast, but she found her footing through writing. “Creative writing was so important for me growing up, it...

Our philosopher

TristanLaPointe — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:20:50 -0500

Concordia takes a look at Nietzsche

“It’s better to be a dissatisfied Socrates than a satisfied pig,” said Concordia professor Horst Hutter on the third day of Concordia’s 2010 Nietzsche conference....