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When Christie Blatchford Came Calling

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 15, 2020March 13, 2020

Christie Blatchford made it very clear to me that she was interested in law and order, and only in law and order. That was both her strength and her limitation.

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  • Personal Essay

The columnist versus the commons

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on March 13, 2017March 13, 2017

If the revolution ever arrives, it is probable that the talking heads and the spokespersons and the pundits will be rounded up and shot, by way of reply to all of these one-way conversations.

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  • Books

The Ottawa Book Awards and new work from Chelsea Vowel

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on May 16, 2016October 4, 2016

I’ve been working away these past months at the 2016 Ottawa Book Awards reading list. One…

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  • Personal Essay

Uncle Al

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on March 9, 2015March 9, 2020

HE WAS, quite simply, one of the most remarkable people I’ve ever known.

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  • Humor

The Cree should have a flip-chart easel ceremony. No, just kidding.

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015

THERE’S AN EASY WAY to tell you’ve been spending too much time with the Cree,…

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  • Personal Essay

Is one of these your perfect journal?

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015

Yes, it’s true: I have a lot of blank books DOZENS OF THEM, tucked away…

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  • Writers and Writing

Dear Mister Captain—please let me on the life boat

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on January 2, 2015January 2, 2015

NOTE—This piece is based on a writing assignment in the book 642 Things to Write…

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  • Humor

I am fighting the war for freedom on eBay

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 27, 2014January 2, 2015

YEARS AGO, I bought the 1929 Elgin art deco watch pictured above. Recently the crystal…

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  • Humor

How my school days prepared me for a world which doesn’t exist, and didn’t prepare me for the one that does

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 13, 2014January 2, 2015

SCHOOL DAYS. They were so long ago, you probably don’t remember them. Or maybe what…

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An open letter to Stephen King

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 9, 2014January 2, 2015

I‘VE JUST FINISHED On Writing. It’s been years since I’ve read one of your books,…

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  • Humor

My Grade 11 English Teacher, Mrs. Joyce, Marks Christmas Carols

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 8, 2014January 2, 2015

Jingle Bells Obviously the bells jingle: that’s what they are made to do. Try “bells,…

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  • Humor

5 tell-tale warning signs that you may be a writer

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 4, 2014January 2, 2015

Warning: you may be a writer! WHAT IS A WRITER? The screen shot above has…

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  • Humor

5 common mistakes made by writers

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 3, 2014October 23, 2016

IF YOU READ this little website of mine, you probably know I’m a fan of…

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  • Humor

The ghost writer of Christmases past

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 2, 2014January 2, 2015

DECEMBER 1st has arrived, and here at the ranch that means it’s time to light…

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  • Humor

1/2 of self-published authors earn under $500: I’ve figured out how not to be one of them

  • by Wayne K. Spear
  • Posted on December 1, 2014August 26, 2017

WELCOME to Christmas, the time of year when people dress up like serious adults, to…

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Wayne K. Spear has been a writer for over thirty years. His work has appeared in the National Post, Huffington Post, CBC, Ottawa Citizen, and elsewhere. He was a weekly CTV News panelist and currently hosts The Roundtable Podcast.

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Winner of the 2016 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and finalist of the 2015 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.

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