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Splice by FFWD Staff Short stories from Ireland With St. Paddy’s day just around the corner, try to remember that Ireland is famous for more than Guinness and leprauchans – the country has also earned a reputation for its fine literary talent. The annual Phoenix series is a collection of what the editor considers to be the best unpublished short stories available at the moment. The third and most recent anthology, Phoenix Irish Short Stories 1998, includes 16 new works from established writers as well as newcomers. "The Irish short story has always charted the course of the bloodstream in the veins of Irish history, especially Irish social history," says editor David Marcus. That leaves you to figure out what it means for Ireland that, by coincidence, this year’s collection has two recurring themes – sex and death. Y2Y hike on the Web As the Yellowstone to Yukon hike resumes this month, find out more about the inspiration behind the conservation initiative. Nakoda, a female wolf, roamed over 100,000 square kilometres between June 1991 and December 1995, crossing several times between three U.S. states and two Canadian province. Now considered a wilderness icon, Nakoda’s incredible travels drove home the point that our current protected areas aren’t large enough to protect wide ranging species such as wolves and grizzlies. The 3,400-kilometre hike is being led by Karsten Heuer, a Banff park warden and wildlife biologist, in support of the effort to link key wildlife movement areas through protected corridors. Find out more about the route, the hikers, the various organizations supporting the cause, and the initiative itself on the Web. Free stuff! Enter to win a limited edition of Paul Westerberg’s latest CD and a signed lithograph. The lithograph is something any Westerberg/ Replacements fan would kill for, and the CD includes a lyric book and doodles from Paul himself. Check out the ad in this issue. Pages on Kensington and Plaza Theatre are offering Russell Banks fans a chance to win a special prize package in celebration of the opening of the film Affliction, based on one of his novels. The prize includes three of his books, a double pass to see the film and a movie poster – with a bonus double pass and movie poster for Gods and Monsters, also at The Plaza. To win, be the first to phone the Fast Forward office after 9 a.m. on Friday and name three Russell Banks titles (early calls and voice mail not accepted). Win a run of engagement pass to see Gods and Monsters at the Plaza Theatre in Kensington. The film is about the complicated relationship between a young working class man (Brendan Fraser) and James Whale (Ian McKellen), the creator of the famous Frankenstein movies of the 1930s. See ad for details. Fast Forward presents the premiere screening of Ravenous, starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle and David Arquette. The film, set in the mid-1800s, is about a man faced with the prospect of becoming what (and who) he eats. See ad for details. Fast Forward presents the advance screening of 20 Dates, Myles Berkowitz’s personal chronicle of his own dogged and indelicate quest for love. See ad for details. Win tickets to see Fuel live in concert on Sunday, March 19. Fuel bring their epic-rock to the Republik with special guests The Mayfield Four. Check out the ad in this issue to enter. Enter to win a pair of tickets to see The Philosopher Kings on March 17 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. See ad for details. Free stuff can be picked up starting on Friday. Only those who have not won in the past four weeks (excluding movie passes) are eligible. Office hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

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