For a first novelist, Kevin Chong is young – a mere 24 years old – but he has credentials, having graduated in May with a master’s in creative writing from Columbia University in New York, ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
Elliott Moose is getting a boost in the U.S. A Nelvana cartoon based on the Kids Can Press series of children’s books by Andrea Beck is part of a new Saturday morning lineup on PBS.Called ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
If Inside Report’s highly scientific prediction process proves correct, Michael Ondaatje and David Adams Richards will square off for this year’s Giller Prize. The Giller shortlist will be announced tomorrow, and a selective sample ofbooksellers ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
• Michael Moore directs and stars in The Big One , which features the irreverent Moore trying to convince Fortune 500 companies (on camera) to reconsider their plans to downsize. The film, which opened in ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
The following piece originally appeared in the January 1998 issue of the NeWest Review. A friend told Chad Norman that thinking big is un-Canadian, but he just laughs. “I’m a big thinker,” says the boisterous ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
"Would you like some old textbooks?” asked the gentleman on the other end of the line.I let out a sigh. This was the third call we’d received following a month-long, city-wide book drive for school ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
Though the weather was not quite spring-like, the atmosphere was uplifting nonetheless for the M&S/U of T Bookstore annual spring poetry launch at the packed George Ignatieff Theatre in Toronto. With the Bookstore’s Nick Pashley ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news
In today’s high-tech world, it’s easy to overlook faithful desktop companions like the tape dispenser, the paper clip, and the three-ring binder in favour of more smugly sophisticated accoutrements like the fax/modem and Power PC. ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
Sarah Ban Breathnach’s inspirational guide Simple Abundance has regularly placed on Q&Q’s bestseller survey since it started in April 1996. After trailing off the list earlier this year, a recent Oprah Winfrey appearance (the author’s ... Read More »
October 30, 2003
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