February 2012
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“… the world can be a bewildering place, and dreams and ambitions are often paths...”
– Rohinton Mistry, “Squatter” (via hateshiploveship)
January 2012
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October 2011
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“I’m a ubiquitous reader. I am the person who will read the airline...”
– Margaret Atwood on Sci-Fi, Religion, and Her Love of ‘Blade Runner’ - Alyssa Rosenberg - Entertainment - The Atlantic
September 2011
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July 2011
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“So how do you get noticed these days—as an indie writer or as a traditionally...”
– The Business Rusch: Slush Pile Truths | Kristine Kathryn Rusch
How not to write a book review. - Faded Paper... →
“Just follow these simple steps, and you too could be the author of a completely unsuccessful review!”
June 2011
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Watch60 Great Canadian Authors in less than 30 seconds (by Carolyn McNeillie)
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The Salty Ink Homecoming Summer Reading Giveaway! →
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May 2011
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April 2011
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“The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will...”
– Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin)
March 2011
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“To be a writer in Canada is to live in the best of all possible worlds. One is...”
– Our authors speak up: Is this country good to its writers? - The Globe and Mail
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“Organizers must insist to themselves and their audience that having some shlubby...”
– Lynn Coady - Bigblog - Question: Why do Literary Readings Always Make me Want to Kill Myself?
February 2011
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Canada's Newest Literary Star →
Terry Fallis won Canada Reads for his novel ‘The Best Laid Plans.’ Deana Sumanac tracks the author’s first day of literary fame.
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“If Canada Reads is an essential life raft, we need to ask who gets to make it on...”
– “The Life Raft” by Jeet Heer | The Walrus | March 2011
January 2011
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“A system that sidelines writers such as these, and suppresses countless...”
– The BookNet Dictatorship | Geist
Canadians buy and borrow more than 2.7-million... →
What Canada's reading: 4 libraries report in - The... →
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The Indextrious Reader: Blanche Howard +... →
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“A lot of the time I’d spent on previous novels thinking that I was being very...”
– Fear Factor: Andrew Pyper’s mid-life crisis scared him into working harder | Afterword | National Post
“There are about two hundred crime writers in Canada, yet most people are hard...”
– Type M for Murder: Tracking the Elusive Canadian
Susan Perren's top 10 children’s books of 2010 -... →
December 2010
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Top 10 Canadian books of the year →
“We may be one of the few countries in the developed world that doesn’t teach our...”
– Why aren’t we teaching more of these books? - The Globe and Mail
November 2010
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Passwords: Canadian writers add to The Novelist’s... →