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	<description>&#34;Let the words sing&#34;</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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Brennan</dc:creator>
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		<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[Cultural identity]]></category>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Memoirs]]></category>
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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[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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		<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[Alberta Theatre Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Herald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Theatre Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lunchbox Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick McNair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theatre Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theatre criticism]]></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[Trade unionism]]></category>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Authors and books]]></category>
		<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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