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Nicole Boyce

@nboyce_writes

Writer. Nostalgia enthusiast. I think about Everwood too much. she/her

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Joined October 2012
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Look what just arrived! So excited to read it, @ClaraKiyoko!
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Update: It was excellent! Kudos Clara on such a beautiful, memorable book!
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New blog post for all the other sleepless parents out there. scarfmode.wordpress.com/2023…
The wee hours

The wee hours

Hey there, fellow parent. Are you, too, wide awake in the middle of the night? Are your kids asleep in the next room, your partner slumbering peacefully, your pet curled up at your feet? While you …

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I went with something truly chilling this year.
Pumpkin with "Retweeted by J.K. Rowling" carved on it.

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I'm delighted to share that my essay "One Route, Over and Over" appears in this year's edition of Best Canadian Essays. Thanks so much to @DiCintio and @biblioasis! And thanks to @EVENTmags for originally publishing the piece!
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In honour of the Barbie release, I imagined some 90s toy movie premises that are even weirder than the ones Mattel has actually greenlit. Up now at The Belladonna!
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"The year is 2035 and Nerf — faced with global drought — has pivoted into arms development." By @nboyce_writes thebelladonnacomedy.com/90s-…
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Toddler’s napping and I’m starting The Deepest Map! Happy publication day, @ltrethew!
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My pal Laura Trethewey’s new book THE DEEPEST MAP is coming out this month! If you're in Ontario, here's a link to her HAMILTON launch at King West Books on July 27th: fb.me/e/RzvHbiFL
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An elder goth's new reviews of old nu metal scarfmode.wordpress.com/2023…
Guilty pleasure

Guilty pleasure

I did it!! I found the nu metal song that has aged worst of all. I know, I know – it sounds impossible. This is a category that includes the entire Korn oeuvre, after all. Coal Chamber is in the ru…

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I wrote a thing for The Fiddlehead's website about Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, and my annoying listening habits! You can check out my story "The Rabbits Are Waiting" in Issue 295.
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Can’t wait to read this! Happy book birthday, Clara!
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On Spotify's flawed insistence that I really, definitely will love the song "Autumn Sweater" by Yo La Tengo. scarfmode.wordpress.com/2023…
Forever “Autumn Sweater”

Forever “Autumn Sweater”

Spotify will not stop recommending the same song to me over and over. On almost every daily mix. Every “radio” station. Every throwback mix.  Each time the algorithm seeks a song for me, it co…

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Trouble at the pet shop

Trouble at the pet shop

My sister and sister-in-law both have dogs now, so today I took my baby to the pet store to get some canine Christmas gifts. I don’t often go to pet stores. They are strange places. There are chewa…

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Listening to the same emo station 18 hours a day for the first three months of my son’s life paid off!
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CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: @nboyce_writes's work has won the Prairie Fire Nonfiction Contest and been listed for the CBC Nonfiction Prize. Read Boyce's work forthcoming in Grain 50.2. Subscribe today: grainmagazine.ca/subscribe. Artwork, “Dancing with Fish,” by Cee Pootoogook.
A circular photo of Nicole Boyce is in the center. Underneath the photo in bold block letters: "Nicole Boyce." Along the side is a grey rectangle colour block with beige font that says "Vol. 50.2."Background is Cee Pootoogook's artwork, "Dancing with Fish" (piece depicts a polar bear among a lot of grey fish). Used with permission of Dorset Fine Arts.

ALT A circular photo of Nicole Boyce is in the center. Underneath the photo in bold block letters: "Nicole Boyce." Along the side is a grey rectangle colour block with beige font that says "Vol. 50.2."Background is Cee Pootoogook's artwork, "Dancing with Fish" (piece depicts a polar bear among a lot of grey fish). Used with permission of Dorset Fine Arts.

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New blog post about accidentally dyeing my hair green and trying an internet hack to correct it. A very savoury internet hack indeed. scarfmode.wordpress.com/2022…
The end of home hairstyling?

The end of home hairstyling?

I’ve been cutting my hair at home for about 15 years. This may shock you. Many people consider hair to be delicate and sacred — the bible of the scalp. Just like you wouldn’t write in a book (I do)…

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I went with something truly chilling this year.
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The only band you need.
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Whole family getting COVID during the 4-month sleep regression = 0/10, do not recommend
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Wow! Thank you so much, EVENT! Such exciting news. I can’t wait to read the other winning pieces!
EVENT Poetry & Prose (@EVENTmags) profile pictureEVENT Poetry & Prose@EVENTmags14 Feb 2022
Congratulations to the winners of EVENT's 2021 Non-Fiction Contest! @BradleyCayenne, @vicki_mcleod, @hypergraphic. Winning entries will be published in an upcoming issue of EVENT.
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