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	<description>&#34;Let the words sing&#34;</description>
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		<title>Calgary&#8217;s economic boom of 1912</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/01/23/calgarys-economic-boom-of-1912/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighty-nine people have already registered for the Community Heritage Roundtable on Wed. Jan. 25 when Don Smith, Aimee Benoit and I will talk about Calgary&#8217;s economic boom of 1912. It&#8217;s great to see so many people interested in the history &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/01/23/calgarys-economic-boom-of-1912/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calgary heritage endangered</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/01/07/out-with-the-old/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as I read in the paper yesterday morning that the old Calgary Herald building was slated for demolition to make way for a 50-storey office tower, I wanted to have my picture taken in front of the 7th &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/01/07/out-with-the-old/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta Views review of &#8220;Leaving Dublin&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/12/16/alberta-views-review-of-leaving-dublin/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/12/16/alberta-views-review-of-leaving-dublin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Finn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a wonderful review of &#8220;Leaving Dublin&#8221; in the December 2011 edition of Alberta Views magazine. It was written by Patrick Finn, a drama professor at the University of Calgary who says he was relieved to note the absence of &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/12/16/alberta-views-review-of-leaving-dublin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading at the Library</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/12/15/861/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/12/15/861/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frances Hern and I will do a repeat performance at the Calgary Public Library, central branch, on Thurs. Jan. 26 at noon.]]></description>
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		<title>The immigrant experience</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/11/04/coming-to-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/11/04/coming-to-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frances Hern, my literary colleague and fellow immigrant, didn&#8217;t enjoy history when she was going to high school in her native England. &#8220;Learning about the Stone Age seemed pointless,&#8221; she says, &#8220;and I was hopeless at memorizing dates, especially when &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/11/04/coming-to-canada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections of a former theatre critic</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/10/30/reflections-of-a-former-theatre-critic/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/10/30/reflections-of-a-former-theatre-critic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Theatre Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rick McNair]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was appointed chief theatre critic of the Calgary Herald in 1975, when I was 31. I did the job for 13 years and then moved on to other journalistic endeavours. At that point, I knew it was time to &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/10/30/reflections-of-a-former-theatre-critic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>David Climenhaga&#8217;s &#8220;Leaving Dublin&#8221; review</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/10/10/david-climenhagas-leaving-dublin-review/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/10/10/david-climenhagas-leaving-dublin-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Diary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Herald strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conrad Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Climenhaga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Climenhaga, my friend, fellow blogger, and former colleague at the Calgary Herald, has written a generous review of &#8220;Leaving Dublin,&#8221; posted both to his politically influential, widely-read Alberta Diary blog and to the equally well-read rabble.ca website. The focus of the &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/10/10/david-climenhagas-leaving-dublin-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Galway Bay&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/24/galway-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/24/galway-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abbey Tavern Singers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way From Ireland to Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMB | Rocky Mountain Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shay Duffin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a taste of what you missed if you didn&#8217;t make it to one of my musical book launches for &#8220;Leaving Dublin&#8221; earlier this month. I&#8217;m telling the audience about a concert tour of Canada that Shay Duffin and I &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/24/galway-bay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Solidarity forever</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/18/solidarity-forever/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/18/solidarity-forever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have held memberships in several unions over the course of my working life – writers’ unions, musicians’ unions, broadcasters’ unions – yet I never considered myself a trade unionist until I joined forces with my journalistic colleagues to bring &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/18/solidarity-forever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CBC Radio&#8217;s Daybreak Alberta</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/15/daybreak-alberta-7/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2011/09/15/daybreak-alberta-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Russell Bowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wild Rover]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CBC Radio&#8217;s Russell Bowers did a great interview about &#8220;Leaving Dublin,&#8221; Sat. Sept. 10 on his program, &#8220;Daybreak Alberta,&#8221; broadcast across the province. Click on the arrow and enjoy:]]></description>
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