Another sale coming up on the 10th of April. 7,000 books and not a single one priced over $1.00! Hawthorne United Church Book Bonanza Saturday April 10th, 9am-2pm 2244 Russell Rd (between Walkley and St. Laurent)
The 1970 Booker was never awarded due to a change in criteria that would see books published in the current year receive nomination rather than the books from the previous years, thus leaving a gap in the timeline (1970). The award is being put to a vote, with six novels in the running, and the results announced May 19th. [...]
The spring edition of the Ottawa Writers Festival is just a few weeks away (April 22-27th) and looks to have a host of great speakers such as Jane Goodall, Jeff Rubin, Adrienne Clarkson, Douglas Coupland, just to name a few, as well as a slew of excellent Canadian poets and writers from across the country to create [...]
Tis’ the season when the sun peeks from behind the clouds, the snow finally recedes from view and boxes of long forgotten books wind their way to your local school, library or church to once again see the light of day and find a new homes. Here is the first batch of sales coming up [...]
France and I popped in on Von Allan’s book launch for The road to god knows… last Sunday to grab a few copies for the store and to get one for ourselves. We ended up staying longer than anticipated and had a wonderful chat with the author himself on a number of subjects including, one of [...]
A very creative video that Penguin put together as part of an internal presentation.
Called Double Falsehood or the Distressed Lovers, the play has been known for over 300yrs as a work Shakespeare had collaborated on with John Fletcher, but recent efforts by scholar Brean Hammond have determined that the majority of the play was penned by the Bard and will therefore be (tentatively) added to his canon of work. A [...]
Our friends at the Frog Hollow Press in Victoria, BC have just released their latest title in the Contemporary Canadian Poets series, The Book of Widows. This collection of poems by M. Travis Lane also contains some wonderful wood engravings by George Walker. Details on the book below: The Book of Widows by M.Travis Lane [...]
Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner! The dark horse book championed by Michel Vezina weathered the final vote yesterday to become the Canada Reads book of choice for 2010. I’ve been listening to the podcasts of the program all week and the debates each day were well structured and delivered. I have to admit, I have not [...]
The Ottawa Chapter of the CBBAG has a great line-up of three new workshops this coming April for both members and general public. If any of the workshops catch your fancy, I would highly recommend attending as these are an excellent hands-on way of learning various facets of the book binding and books arts trade. The [...]