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	<description>&#34;Let the words sing&#34;</description>
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		<title>The man who wrote &#8220;Louie Louie&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/05/01/the-man-who-wrote-louie-louie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kingsmen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louie Louie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Berry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The song starts with a guitar strum, three of the easiest chords you can learn to play on the instrument. The sequence is: Three A chords followed by a one-beat rest; Two D chords followed by a two-beat rest; Three &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/05/01/the-man-who-wrote-louie-louie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Offer now closed</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/04/06/offer-now-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The free book offer is now closed. Thanks to all who expressed interest. Songs of an Irish Poet is now selling again for the on-line special price of $9.99 a copy.]]></description>
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		<title>My gift to you for Celtic-Canadian Heritage month: A free book</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/03/08/my-gift-to-you-for-celtic-canadian-heritage-month/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/03/08/my-gift-to-you-for-celtic-canadian-heritage-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cultural identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memoirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Canadian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk poet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heritage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary O'Leary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[March is Celtic-Canadian Heritage month. If you, like me, are one of the 10 million Canadians who claim full or partial Irish or Scottish descent, this month gives you an opportunity to proclaim your heritage and celebrate it. I have &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/03/08/my-gift-to-you-for-celtic-canadian-heritage-month/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free book offer imminent</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/02/16/free-book-offer-imminent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heritage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am putting together details for a special free book offer to celebrate Celtic Canadian Heritage Month. Currently the month is only being recognized in Toronto, within the limited confines of the local Catholic District School Board. But I hope &#8230; <a href="http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/02/16/free-book-offer-imminent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calgary Herald strike chapter from &#8220;Leaving Dublin&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/02/06/calgary-herald-strike-chapter-from-leaving-dublin/</link>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/02/06/calgary-herald-strike-chapter-from-leaving-dublin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Herald strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way From Ireland to Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RMB | Rocky Mountain Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My publisher, RMB &#124; Rocky Mountains Books, has kindly agreed to have the entire Calgary Herald strike chapter from &#8220;Leaving Dublin&#8221; showcased in Frank Moher&#8217;s fine online magazine, backofthebook.ca. You can read it by clicking here.]]></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>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/01/23/calgarys-economic-boom-of-1912/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1912]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic boom]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://brianbrennan.ca/blog/2012/01/07/out-with-the-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memoirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Herald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Grey Lady]]></category>

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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memoirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Finn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reviews]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>

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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memoirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese-Canadians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish-Canadians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelf Life Books]]></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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