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07/10/2015-
Check out the first year of reviews for As A Thief in the Night on Goodreads and see what critics, other novelists, and readers are saying about Chuck’s debut novel.
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03/04/2015-
As a Thief in the Night is now for sale at White Rabbit Books in Georgetown.  Swing by and ask Tom about their titles or check out their website. 
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02/28/2015-
An exciting new literary festival is being launched in Ottawa on June 6th.  To find out more about Prose in the Park and how to participate check out their web page.
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01/22/2015-
Come down to 3030 Dundas St. West this Sunday for the Junction Reading Series.  This month’s featured writers are Alicia Elliot, Ben Stephenson, Ruth Walker, and Stephen Smith.  Junction Reads is hosted and organized by Toronto writer Alison Gadsby.
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12/28/2014-
Rishloo’s transcendent new album, Living As Ghosts With Buildings As Teeth, is now available on their website.  Find out more here.
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12/16/2014-
Check out Chuck’s new piece in The Harlequin: An Inquiry Into Tool’s Jimmy (Not Jimmy’s Tool) or How a Man Can Travel Psychospiritually Back to a Time When He Was Jung to Save the Woman In Him
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The Wounded Healer, Alex Grey
12/13/2014-
Follow your ghosts. Five Open Books authors read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.  Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Future and Chuck challenge the laws of time and space in Stave Four. You can hear the entire recording here.
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11/15/2015-
Chuck’s short story The Dead Wait For Your Word was featured in the October issue of Grey Borders magazine.  You can pick up your copy and check out some of the other great stuff Grey Borders has to offer here.
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11/13/2014-
Congrats to Sean Michaels for winning the 2014 Giller Prize for his novel Us Conductors.  Find out more at the Globe and Mail.
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10/15/2014-

The Shortlist for the 2014 Giller Prize has been announced.  Find out who made the cut here.

10/03/2014-
Thanks to everyone who came out to Junction Reads on Sunday night.  Chuck read along with an exciting panel of authors that included Janet Turpin Myers, Jean Rae Baxter, Christine Ottoni, and Carianne Leung, whose novel The Wondrous Woo was recently shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award.
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09/06/2014-
On Sunday September 28th from 4-7pm Chuck will be taking part in the widely acclaimed Junction Reads series at 3030 Dundas St. West.  Other authors reading will include Carrianne Leung and Janet Turpin Myers.

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08/11/2014-
Chuck has two exciting events coming up in Windsor, Ontario, his hometown.  On Saturday August 23rd Chuck will be at the Green Bean Cafe on Ouellette Ave. at 8:00 pm, and on Sunday August 24th at 2:00pm he’ll be at the Bookroom  on Wyandotte St. West.  Both events will include book talks on As a Thief in the Night, readings, and signings. Hope to see you out!
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08/10/2014-

Thanks to everyone at The Coldwater Steampunk Festival for supporting Chuck and As a Thief in the Night at their event yesterday.
08/02/2014-
Check out Rishloo’s new single Landmines from their forthcoming album Living as Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth. 

This may be Where the Sidewalk Ends
far below me are shimmering surfaces
water-I need water
I've killed everyone here except for my daughter
she had sixteen points to make
five were heads-the other ten were snakes
chasing their tails, bringing her father down

07/15/2014-
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Saturday August 9th from 9am-4pm Chuck will be at the Coldwater Steampunk Festival. Come by for the discussion  and pick up your autographed copy of As a Thief in the Night.  You can find out more about the festival here.

07/13/2014-
Thanks to everyone who came out to A Different Drummer Books yesterday. It’s great to see that there are still thriving independent stores out there. A big shout out to Ian and the rest of the Drummer staff.  For anyone who missed the event there are still autographed copies of As a Thief in the Night available for sale in the store.
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06/29/2014-

Sunday June 13th at 2pm Chuck will be doing a reading, signing, and Q&A session at A Different Drummer Books in Burlington. A Different Drummer is one of the finest independent bookstores in Ontario and Chuck and Open Books are proud to be working in partnership with them. All are welcome! 513 Locust Street, Burlington (289-812-3854)
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06/15/2014-
Thanks to all the customers and employees at Chapters Square One for all of their support and for a fantastic afternoon.  For anyone who missed out on the event As a Thief in the Night is still for sale in store.
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06/09/2014-
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Saturday June 14th from 1-3pm Chuck will be signing copies of his novel As a Thief in the Night at the Chapters Square One location in Mississauga.  See you there!
06/06/2014-
The Niagara Literary Arts Festival will be holding events all through the month of June.  Chuck will be holding two readings and running a Philosopher’s Cafe session on the Life and Work of Friedrich Nietzsche.  You can find out more about the festival here.  Dates and places are as follows:

Saturday June 7th 6-7:30pm
Chuck Crabbe reading at ECTs Flexspace with Kevin McCabe and JavierArizpe Zamora
101 King Street (2nd Floor), St. Catharines

Tuesday June 10th 7:00pm
Philosopher's Cafe 
Chuck Crabbe on the Life and Work of Friedrich Nietzsche
Fine Grind Cafe
37 James Street, St. Catharines

Wednesday June 11th 7:00pm
Chuck Crabbe reading with Rusty Blackwood
Cafe on Main (Pelham)
1455 Pelham Street, Fonthill

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05/30/2014-
This Wednesday (June 4th) Chuck will be reading and signing copies of As a Thief in the Night at the Cyril Clark Branch of the Brampton Library.  Readings start at 7:00pm in the Program Room.  All are welcome!

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05/27/2014-
Those of you who missed the launch party can see what went down in Toronto on April 12th in the new video:  An Open Books Event: The Book Launch Party for As a Thief in the Night
05/17/2014-
Fantastic readings last night at Makin a Racket at the Rocket from Adam Abbas, Lisa de Nikolits, Nicholas Power, and an eclecticdynamic group of other writers and poets. Special thanks to Sandra Cardinal for having everyone out. Looking forward to the fall series!
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05/10/2014-
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Sunday July 13th at 2pm Chuck will be appearing at A Different Drummer Books in Burlington, Ontario.  Stay tuned for more.
05/08/2014-
Check out Chuck’s latest piece in The Harlequin entitled A Tragic Fire: Cormac McCarthy and Gnosticism in Blood Meridian, No Country For Old Men, and The Counselor.  You can read it here.

"The archons destroy anything that doesn't fall under their dominion, kill without pause or remorse, and toy with human prey for entertainment. The most disturbing thing about them is that they always come out on top. They never lose, never die, never learn their lesson or meet their end at the hands of more righteous powers."
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04/28/2014-
Friday May 16th Chuck will be doing a feature reading from As a Thief in the Night at Makin' a Racket at the Rocket in Toronto. Words start spewin' at 7:30pm. Address is 1364 Danforth, Red Rocket Coffee – just east of Greenwood, north side.
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04/17/2014-
All of the art work below was inspired by As a Thief in the Night and was donated by local artists Sharon Angeles, Bobbie Dorka of Cocktails and Canvases,  Lesley Goodyear, Tom Kirby, and Trevor Zepotoczny for a charity raffle that was held at the launch party to benefit One Voice One Team.
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Of the Vine, by Trevor Zepotoczny
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By the Side of the Road, by Tom Kirby
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Vineyard Calling, by Bobbie Dorka
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Ezra’s Oak, by Lesley Goodyear
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The Inability to Sit, by Sharon Angeles
04/14/2014-
Thank you to everyone who came out to Revival on Saturday night for the launch party.  Fantastic wine, music, art work and a chance for Chuck to share some of his favourite passages from As a Thief in the Night.
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No Quarter classed Revival up during a set that included Immigrant Song and Dazed and Confused.
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Chuck reading from As a Thief in the Night
04/08/2014-
We are honoured to have Pelee Island Winery as one of the sponsors for this Saturday’s book launch party for As a Thief in the Night.
03/29/2014-
Next Saturday’s launch party for As a Thief in the Night will include a raffle benefiting One Voice One Team and featuring local artists Bobbie Dorka, Trevor Zepotoczny, Sharon Angeles, Lesley Goodyear, and Tom Kirby.  Pieces inspired by As a Thief in the Night will be among prizes donated by local businesses and organizations.
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Ezra’s Oak, by Lesley Goodyear
03/24/2014-
Chuck will be appearing at the Cyril Clark Branch of the Brampton Library on June 4th at 7:00pm.  Come out for a reading, book signing, video presentation, and Q&A session.  More details to follow.
03/16/2014-
No Quarter will be playing this Friday night at 9pm at Lee’s Palace in Toronto.  You can get more info on the band and their performance dates on the No Quarter Website.
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03/12/2014-
Head over to The Harlequin to read Chuck’s new blog post, How I Discovered Fire and Cormac McCarthy.
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03/07/2014-
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Happy twentieth birthday to the Downward Spiral, one of the best albums of the last 2,014 years. Kafka said we should only read the books that hurt us.  Read the Billboard story here.




03/02/2014-
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Check out David Paterson’s story on Chuck and As a Thief in the Night in the Mississauga News.

02/28/2014-
We’re excited to announce that No Quarter will be performing at the book launch party for As a Thief in the Night on April 12th at Revival Bar. You can find more details on the launch here.
02/24/2014-
The book trailer for As a Thief in the Night went live today. 

02/15/2014 -

As a Thief in the Night is now available for order in both paperback and ebook formats direct from Open Books here.  Both formats are also available on the shelves of Amazon here.
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. Only an act of shameful impiety offers Ezra Mignon escape and eventual salvation.

02/10/2014 -
The launch party for As a Thief in the Night will take place at Revival Bar in downtown Toronto on Sat. April 12/2014 from 6:30 - 9:30 pm in partnership with Pelee Island Winery.

02/07/2014 -
Chuck will be reading and presenting a philosopher’s cafe session at The Niagara Literary Arts Festival.  The festival is a month long  celebration of literature taking place in June.  Dates and details to follow.
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02/01/2014 -
Reincarnation,  masturbation blankets, and Dr. Phoolstus.  Have we turned doctors into the modern age’s religious authority? Chuck’s short story, The Dead Wait For Your Word, is available in issue No. 11 of Independent Ink Magazine and in the Moronic Ox Literary and Cultural Journal.
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01/21/2014 - 
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Check out Chuck Crabbe’s author interview in The Wrighter .
01/15/2014 -
Open Books releases the cover for As a Thief in the Night.  You  can view their webpages for the book and pre-order here.
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