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Someone please clone this kid…
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This would make sense—if it were April 1st
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Our Underrated Authors… (thoughts?)
Our Overrated Authors… (agree?)
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e-Reader the Cloth Diaper of Books??
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Ray Connolly on ‘Who Needs Publishers?’
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ReLit Long List
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It Depends What You Mean by ‘a Book’…
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In case there was any doubt, rest assured—the short story will go on.
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You’re never really alone…
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The Booker Long List… includes Lisa Moore’s February!
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Parting of the Pages, and other losses…
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So is it Done Yet??
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Mor(e)on… the Blurb
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Oy…
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This has nothing to with books but it is slightly cheesey. And a great story.
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Here’s to putting the ‘when one door closes, another
opens’ theory into practice
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It’s a new new (peculiar) world after all…
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Another reason to support your independents…
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Atlantic Canada Reads…! (and lists February as one of its selections)
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Trillium Book Awards
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What do you think—is this cheesy or fair game?
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Beware of Editors with only a single letter as a surname.
This is good news…
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Jose Saramago (Nov.16/22 – June 18/10)
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We Support Indies!
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Nothing’s perfect…
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Weekend Reading
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Congratulations, Karen Solie!!
and Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
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Instead of avoiding them like the plague—go ahead, embrace those cheesey inner cliches…
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Griffin Prize, Past Shortlist Readings
Scott Griffin on Poetry: from punishment to passion
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What is it about other people’s bookshelves?
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Literature of ‘place’
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Warning: Facebook does not guarantee privacy for cheese
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Moby Awards for Book Trailers
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Apparently rules don’t apply to Goliath. (So David gets another kick in the back end.)
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eBooks, eTailers = eGad? (maybe not)
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New Cdn fiction prize
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Good news! It’s okay to write bad(ly).
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Canadian Magazine Awards
Yes, Virginia, there ARE Canadian magazines… lots and lots...
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Thursday Cheese…
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If procastination’s on the agenda, try this—
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It’s a Comic World…
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Gender Bias in Publishing?? Heaven forbid. Unless of course it’s the ‘right’ gender.
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February short-listed
for Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award…
…along with
Come, Thou Tortoise, and Blackstrap Hawco
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For those reading February,
—this news clip of the Ocean Ranger disaster.
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Lady Writers
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Writes of spring
February in spring
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Publish or Perish
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Shepherd’s Granddaughter—Controversy
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Sign here…
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Silly us.
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In case you’re looking for a storyline…
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Seems a little dramatic, but I guess anything’s possible…
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A SUGGESTION: take the day off—find a comfy place to park yourself and
dive into February… (warning: once started, it’s very hard to stop)
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Never say never—really, never…
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Because it’s April— we bring you Cheese and Poetry— a marriage made in (a briny) heaven…
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It’s Tax Time
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Give them your poor, your tired, your huddled mass of rejections…
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