Since taking on my library job over a year ago, I have read a lot of books… not at work mind you, as I find our school’s 15-minute-a-day reading period is often taken up either helping students find a good book or shhhhing those who obviously haven’t found one yet. Instead, I read at night, [...]
Monthly Archives:: September 2007
Wheel of Time stops turning… for now
The passing of fantasy author James Oliver Rigney Jr., better known by his pename Robert Jordan, will be felt not only by his friends and family, but, also by a legion of fans of his Wheel of Time series. His death last week leaves the future of the twelfth and intended to be final book in [...]
You’re not in Kansas anymore with these Manitoba writing contests
The Winnipeg Writers’ Collective has announced its annual non-fiction and poetry contests. The non-fiction contest is just one of the contests (there is a fiction contest later in the year) the Collective hosts annually with the Winnipeg Free Press. This year participants must write a non-fiction story based on the theme, “I knew I wasn’t [...]
More details on Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival available
The long-awaited Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival Thin Air 2007 guide is available at Manitoba bookstores now. Packed with program details and book and author information, the guide amounts to a book the size of a small novel. You can also check the Thin Air website for schedule details and breaking news at www.winnipegwords.com. If you’re into and onto [...]
Best vacation idea ever… if you’re a writer, reader or librarian at least
A recent article in The Buffalo News recommends the ultimate book-related vacation in Manhattan. Within a few blocks of East 41 St. and Madison, visitors can visit the New York Public Library, the Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum and spend the night surrounded by books at the Library Hotel. Connecting it all, is Library Way. Officially dedicated in 2004, the walkway [...]