Donovan Street Press Inc.Mar 29, 2024

In this, the 12th edition of Assorted Nonsense, we discuss the patron saint of indie authors Crad Kilodney, discuss my first ever published short story, The Scapegoat, published in Challenging Destiny #9 way back when, and explore yet more New Brunswick Canadian Independent Publishers in the final installment of our survey of Atlantic Canadian publishers, from which we draw some interesting conclusions. Check it out!

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Crad Kilodney, Other Times and Places, and Yet More New Brunswick Publishers

I love long subtitles better than figs (Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene 2, sort of)

Show threadCory DoctorowNov 13, 2023

When I was a kid, I loved the writing of #CradKilodney, a short story writer who sold his own self-published books on Toronto street-corners while wearing a sign that said "VERY FAMOUS CANADIAN AUTHOR, BUY MY BOOKS" (he also had a sign that read, simply, "MARGARET ATWOOD"). Kilodney was a force of nature, who wrote, edited, typeset, printed, bound, *and* sold his own books:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-late-street-poet-and-publishing-scourge-crad-kilodney-left-behind-a/

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Late street poet and publishing scourge Crad Kilodney left behind a surprising legacy

The greatest gift Kilodney left behind was his understanding of his value as a character in Canadian literary history

The Globe and Mail
The Skeptic's Book of ListsOct 11, 2023
How many people walk by this storefront and don't even know?
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