Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Reading/Watching

  • Storytelling Techniques

    We watched a movie last weekend which got me to thinking. It was a foreign film, English title MOSTLY MARTHA, in German with English subtitles. The story is of the precocious-child-thaws-icy-heart-of-single-perfectionist-making-life-and-love-possible – the protagonist is a chef in a very chichi restaurant. (The shots of food were gorgeous, btw. Eat before you watch it.) What…

  • Penguin’s Anniversary

    There’s an article in the Globe and Mail this morning, about Penguin’s 75th anniversary and their branding as a house in the marketplace. It’s quite interesting – you can take a look at it HERE. The one thing about the article that I do think is funny is this – their example of a happy…

  • An Old Television Series

    One of the really fun things about DVD’s and DVD rental stores is that you can find all sorts of interesting stuff to watch. I love poking through the aisles with old television series, and scoring something that I watched a long time ago. It’s even better if the series proves to have held up…

  • Westerns

    There’s a new movie out called Gunless, starring Paul Gross. (He played the Mountie in Due South.) The notion is that Gross’s character, the Montana Kid, is on the run from the law, and he runs to Canada (or the territories that will ultimately become Canada). Of course, the law comes after him, but one…

  • Great Read

    I was sucked into the reading vortex this week – you know how it goes when you pick up a book that you just can’t put down. The book that snared me was Ann Aguirre’s GRIMSPACE. I loved this book. It was a compelling read, with just the right balance of worldbuilding, action, and characterization.…