{"id":1,"date":"2018-08-18T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T18:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaveandtook.org\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:57:15","slug":"the-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaveandtook.org\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Conference to Remember Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by leannej illustrations by My Name Is Scot<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conference: To Remember Animals (second edition 2026) <\/em>is an adventure story\/conference proceedings set in a Holiday Inn somewhere near you. Written by Leannej with illustrations by My Name Is Scot, The Conference brings together “the species that humans like as well as those they dislike\u201d\u2013the participants in this year\u2019s conference examine the latest media theory that positions animals as technology. <\/span>

You can own this delightful book for $20 CAD including shipping. To find out more, please email mnileanne@gmail.com. Trigger warning: A media theorist is harmed in\u00a0 this work.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cT<\/span>he conference starts with a slight scheduling difficulty. Almost all attendees are present; however, the media theorist\u2014who was to start this year\u2019s event\u2014is late. The rabbit stands backstage. He keeps looking at the clock with his one good eye. Unaware that he has become a clich\u00e9, he mutters, \u201cOh dear. She\u2019s late. She\u2019s absolutely late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already on stage are the evening\u2019s panel: a crow, a goose and a tiger. Even from backstage, the rabbit can hear the tiger grumbling to the two other panellists\u2014and the rabbit can imagine that the other panellists are unhappy too….”The Conference<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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