Posted in Newsy, tagged canada reads 2010, CBC on December 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
*Trumpets and Fanfare*
And the Canada Reads 2010 selections and their champions are:
Good to a Fault, by Marina Endicott. Championed by professional broadcaster Simi Sara.
Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Championed by Olympic track star Perdita Felicien.
The Jade Peony, by Wayson Choy. Championed by physician and humanitarian Samantha Nutt.
Generation X, by Douglas Coupland. Championed by rapper/poet Roland [...]
Posted in Newsy, tagged canada reads 2010 on November 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s getting to be the time of year where the days are colder, darker, and shorter, and there are so few things to look forward to until spring. Luckily, one of them approaches! It’s almost Canada Reads time again!
The panelists and their choices will be announced Tuesday, December 1st. If you’re in the Toronto area, [...]
Posted in Newsy, tagged books, bookshelves on October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
*Flourish*
Yes ladies and gents, boys and girls, the Society for the Promotion of Keepin’ It Real has a new project. It’s a simple lil thing, born of my own curiosity about people’s book collections. The spark might have come from the excellent bookshelves tumblr, which offers plenty of eye candy for the bookworm, but I [...]
