Fundraiser: Stop the Sucking

From Ring 17:

The Mosquitoes Suck Project, organized by SoChange, has released an instructional download including tricks from:

• Bill Abbott
• James Alan
• Joshua Jay
• Anthony Lindan
• Bobby Motta
• David Peck
• Brian Roberts
• Jay Sankey

For $10, you get a 106-minute, 3gb download of original magic. The download is available from dontbiteme.ca. $10 is the cost of an insecticide treated bed net, including delivery, which protects a family for up to ten years. These nets are distributed in Africa by Spread The Net. So download your copy today!

Read more and buy a download to Stop the Sucking.

Magic in Mind: free eBook

From Vanishing Magic:

I have spent the last three years working on Magic in Mind, which is my gift to all magicians, young and old, who care deeply about magic. I set out to assemble some of the most important, influential, and helpful essays on magic ever written, and make them available to all serious students of magic for free. Coming in at over 500 pages, Magic in Mind is finally ready.

List of contributors to Magic in Mind: (spot the Canadian)
Tommy Wonder
Charles Reynolds
Simon Aronson
Paul Harris
John Carney
Jamy Ian Swiss
Dariel Fitzke
Peter Samelson
Derren Brown
Michael Close
Pit Hartling
Eugene Burger
S.H. Sharpe
René Lavand
Robert-Houdin
Henning Nelms
Juan Tamariz
Rick Johnsson
Tom Stone
Darwin Ortiz
Milt Kort
Arturo de Ascanio
David Regal
Doug Conn
Ken Weber
David Kaye
Roberto Giobbi
Eberhard Riese
Brian Brushwood
Teller
Whit Haydn
Max Maven
John Nevil Maskelyne

Read more and download book.

[via James Alan]

Halifax: Joshua Jay lecture

A teaser from the Conjurers Court website:

And now … the surprise: Well, to be honest, just a teaser for the surprise. I’ve been “in talks”, as they say, to bring another lecturer to the club in either August or September. I won’t let you in on his name until I can get a definite OK from him, but I absolutely, positively, guarantee you that it will be a fantastic lecture.

I’m going to try to get him on a weekend so that out-of-town magicians and our friends in the New Brunswick club would have an opportunity to attend.

Then this Tweet came through ....

Added Joshua Jay lecture coming to Halifax in August to magicinfo.ca/events.php
— Doug C. (@magicinfo_ca) July 5, 2012

Magic Information Canada has the date set for August 11.  Contact Rod Doiron for details.

Rounding the Ontario rings in October

Confirm details about dates and locations by visiting each club's website.

Hamilton, ON	Ring 49 (The Doug Henning Magic Wand Club)	- Keith Fields lecture
London, ON	London Magician's Guild	- Keith Fields lecture
Kitchener, ON	Ring 235 (The Caesar Hat & Wand Magic Circle)	- Hallowe'en themed routines
Ottawa, ON	Ring 151 (Ottawa Society of Magicians)	- Keith Fields lecture - Bob Fitch workshop - pub night
Toronto, ON	Ring 17 (Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club)	- Joshua Jay lecture
Woodstock, ON	CAM 1 (Friendly City Mystics)	- N/A

Please leave a comment or e-mail me about corrections or omissions.