Word for word: Where do gods go when they die (or how our modern months found their names)
byWe bury the old gods in our language, using their tombstones to mark the cycle of the years
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An engaging Acadian history (and a recipe) for young English readers
byA translation of La patate cadeau ou la « vraie » histoire de la poutine râpée, this young readers’ book tells the story of two seemingly opposed cultures coming together to help one another survive
Read Local 2015: A graphic novel about photobooths chronicles an artist’s growth and her medium’s evolution
byAs a teen, I spent a lot of time playing in photobooths. Each trip to the mall was commemorated with a slightly sticky, chemical-smelling strip of black and white images. Unlike me, Meags Fitzgerald transformed her teenage crush on photobooths into a calling
The author-reader relationship 2.0
byThe growth of online communications avenues not only puts pressure on authors to be web savvy, it also requires dedicated fans to do the same. Granted, there are still some holdouts but more and more readers are able to connect with Author 2.0
Read Local 2015: A gritty short story collection that will keep you reading
byThis collection introduces readers to gritty, hard luck characters trying to live their lives amid ambition and disappointment, dangerous spaces and people, drugs and death. But instead of scaring you away that should, most certainly, pull you in
On CanLit book blogging
bySteven W. Beattie administers the literary website That Shakespearean Rag. Here, he tries to answer the question: why blog?