CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Michael Ondaatje, Douglas Coupland and other familiar Canadian authors have made the first cut for the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Vancouver-based artist and author Douglas Coupland hopes his new military monument will help stop what he calls a "creeping revisionism" of the War of 1812.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
TORONTO.- At 12:30 pm on 3 November, 2008, we remember Canada in a new and permanent way: almost 200 years after the battle that essentially "made" Canada, artist Douglas Coupland will unveil his compelling sculpture, entitled "Monument to the War of 1812," at the corner of Fleet Street and Lake Shore Boulevard.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) At 12:30 pm on 3 November, 2008, we remember Canada in a new and permanent way: almost 200 years after the battle that essentially "made" Canada, artist Douglas Coupland will unveil his compelling sculpture, entitled "Monument to the War of 1812," at the corner of Fleet Street and Lake Shore Boulevard.
Sunset Over Slawit (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
So on the way home from seeing Billy Bragg the other night, I decided to stop off at the Evil Empire to do my weekly shopping. I feel a bit like a character in a Douglas Coupland novel (of which more tomorrow) when it comes to my allegiance to that supermarket (which shall remain nameless, not because I'm scared of getting sued, but more because I don't want to sully my blog with their...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Some consider The Adding Machine a mere blip on the pre-pop culture radar—the kind of quaint curio you'd find in a Google search connecting Henry Ford's creation of the assembly line to Douglas Coupland's complaint that today's office cubicles are little more than ...
Aqurette.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
An artwork by Douglas Coupland. I want the motif on my duvet cover....
Edward Michael George (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Douglas Coupland would appear to be under the impression that his is a fresh, innovative, and daring light shed upon The old Lie . Douglas Coupland, needless to say, is a twit. Diogenes Borealis gives us a rather more enlightening demonstration of the effect of a flame-thrower on Styrofoam : Today's Hideous Public Art draws your attention to an eyesore that was recently...
small dead animals (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Douglas Coupland's monument to the War of 1812 ....
jonnybaker (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
... think the people to saddest for are those who have lost or become numb to the sensation of wonder” Douglas Coupland in Life After God In the film American Beauty Ricky films a carrier bag floating on the wind in front of a garage door for 15 minutes. As it does so he whispers ‘there is so much beauty in the world – I can’t take it in’. He films everything. For him the camera seems...
Miss604's Canuck Life :: A Vancouve (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
... Crime and Punishment. Things I didn’t quite “get” The chapter entitled Slang is reminiscent of Douglas Coupland’s City of Glass , which is fine although I’m not sure Vander Zalm ’s defunct “Fantasy Garden World” counts as slang any everyday Vancouverite would utter. It’s also not-so-lovely to see “Slurrey” in there as a derogatory term for Surrey alongside “Surrey Girl”. Under “Urban...
The 405 (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... and Rarities album! I don’t think I could ever get bored of this! Book: Girlfriend In A Coma by Douglas Coupland I’ve only ever read this book once but I’m sure it’s my favourite book. It’s got a ridiculous amount of emotion and is named after a Smiths song! What more can I say? Film: Adam Sandler by Happy Gilmore There are a million other films that I love more than this but for...
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... The Architects Are Here by Michael Winter; The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill; The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland; The Lost Highway by David Adams Richards; The Milk Chicken Bomb by Andrew Wedderburn; and The Outlander by Gil Adamson. Rawi Hage took the prize last year for De Niro’s Game .
FILMdetail (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... reality might look like. They included: Long Now Foundation president Stewart Brand , author Douglas Coupland , Cybergold founder Nat Goldhaber, biomedical researcher Shaun Jones and virtual reality expert Jaron Lanier . The Wired article points out that the film suggested the following developments: Gesture-based Computer Interfaces Flexible Displays 3-D Holograms Identity-Detecting...
University of Alberta Faculty of La (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
This monument to the War of 1812 was unveiled yesterday in downtown Toronto. Its creator, Vancouver artist Douglas Coupland, intends it to clear up who won that war. According to the National Post, the figures are made of styrofoam and...
