Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

Review: Kingfisher Days by Susan Coyne

Coyne’s sweet story of a five-year-old girl’s summer at the family cottage in northwestern Ontario is presented within the framework of a narration by her older self. The set was an ingenious adaptation to the very tiny Glen stage: stage … Continue reading

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Appyhay Irthdaybay

I was intending to read this at Connectionz Open Mike last night, but the event was moved to this coming Friday, so I guess it won’t work next Friday—or what the hay: maybe I will read it. Anyway, at some … Continue reading

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Review: The Net by Marcel-Romain Thériault

GCTC ends what was a great subscription season with an unsatisfactory one act play. Continue reading

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