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Lisa Lillien started as just another foodie trying to lose weight

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For those seeking a glow to their Christmas this year, a jewelry store in downtown Tokyo has just the answer: a pure gold revolving "tree" covered in Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Tinker Bell and Cinderella.

It would appear that labelling a book "unfilmable" is a sure-fire way to get a filmmaker's attention.

Canadian novelist Nancy Huston is up for the dubious distinction of writing the year's worst sexual prose. Huston is among eight authors shortlisted by the Literary Review for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award for her book Infrared.

Dead bird with canister attached to its leg found in chimney after 70 years

If you're going to be upstaged at a glitzy Victoria fundraiser, it might as well be by a bearded fat guy in a red suit.

How a little-read memoir by a sailor held captive by the Nootka became a book still treasured 200 years later. > Page D5

Sewage-teatment debate unexpectedly becomes crux of election

In 1807, a short book was published. Called A Journal Kept at Nootka Sound, it was the story of John Jewitt, a young sailor held captive by the Nootka Indians. It consisted mostly of short notes of his everyday life, and had little literary merit.