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Book Review: The Miracles of Ordinary Men & The Metamorphosis 9 Aug 2013 | 07:01 am
I don’t normally review two books together but I do often have two books on the go. This time it was a fiction book and nonfiction book and I’ve never had such a pair. Amanda Leduc’s The Miracles of O...
Book Review: Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld 19 Jul 2013 | 08:27 pm
Sisterland: A great novel about the ying-yang of twins with ESP and the choices 1 makes to try to hide it while the other embraces it. I was lucky enough to participate in the first National Post Aft...
Book Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 4 Jul 2013 | 06:02 pm
The Ocean At The End Of The Lanel is Neil Gaiman’s latest novel and it’s a melancholic little book about growing up, childhood, dreams and disappointments. It’s short but rich and reminds me of Corali...
Goose Lane Accepts Digital Submissions 26 Jun 2013 | 07:53 pm
The time has come! Publishers, in particular Goose Lane, are now accepting manuscript submissions electronically. http://gooselane.com/submissions.php I remember my Raincoast ...
Canadian Book Consumer Infographic 29 May 2013 | 08:27 pm
Canadian Book Consumer 2012 - An infographic by the team at BookNet Canada Canadian book buying behaviour (2012 data) • 1 in 3 Canadians bought a book last month • 18% bought an ebook • 26% of purcha...
The Smell of Money—Bank of Canada Says No Maple Scent Added to $100 Bills 28 May 2013 | 06:52 pm
Last January, I wrote about the new Bank of Canada polymer $100 bill smelling like maple. It’s been fun to take part in the dispute and myth busting conversations but the Bank of Canada confirmed rece...
Book Review: The World by Bill Gaston 1 May 2013 | 09:52 am
The World by Bill Gaston is this month’s Vancouver Sun Book Club read and I’ve been enjoying re-discovering Gaston. I was first introduced to his work when I was at Raincoast and I’ve followed his car...
Long-Form Reading 17 Apr 2013 | 10:01 pm
This article isn’t particularly long but, in the days of 140 character tweets and status updates, it exceeds the character count of my usual single-item readings. I asked James to read it aloud to me ...
Book Review: The Emperor of Paris by CS Richardson 13 Apr 2013 | 05:52 pm
A melancholic love story The Emperor of Paris by CS Richardson is a series of short, interconnected love stories set before and after World War I in Paris. The most prominent storyline is of Emile No...
The Book on Sign Painters 9 Apr 2013 | 07:19 pm
Documentary: SIGN PAINTERS (OFFICIAL TRAILER) Book: Sign Painters by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon In 2010 filmmakers Faythe Levine, coauthor of Handmade Nation, and Sam Macon began documenting the ded...
