In honour of this special occasion, I want to share this funny article with you 🙂 “How to Date a Writer” By Heather O’Neill http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/2012/02/how-to-date-a-writer-heather-oneill.html The following apply to moi – Be eccentric. Writers are impressed by silly things. Remember their original loves were characters in novels. Act like a fallen aristocrat, or …
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Book Club Recommendations?
For those that have been following, our “Bookworms” Book Club has now read several novels – The Glass Castle, Spin, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter and The Birth House. Â Check out the links to see my quickie reviews and recommendations! It’s now my turn to pick our next book and I’d love to get YOUR recommendations. …
How Adam Mansbach’s expletive-filled children’s book was born
TRALEE PEARCE From Monday’s Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 12:00AM EDT Adam Mansbach can thank bleary-eyed parents for making him a bestselling author. Based on mere tidbits about his searing new adult lullaby of a book, Go the … to Sleep, a viral phenomenon was born. The book began its life as a …
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Q&A with author Christian McPherson
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the third installment of the 3-part Christian McPherson series. Â Christian is the author of The Cube People, which I reviewed here and he graciously agreed to a Q&A follow-up with me after I completed the book. Â I also entered him in my Great Canadian Finds section – read his bio here. …