Get. That. Garbage. Outta. Here. No, it's not okay to slice books in half
'Yesterday my colleague called me a "book murderer" because I cut long books in half to make them more portable. Does anyone else do this? Is it just me?'
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Scarlet Fever by Rita Mae Brown – winter blizzards bring a flurry of cases to solve in this riveting new foxhunting mystery featuring “Sister” Jane Arnold and her incorrigible hounds. -
Local News Sudbury's library: Start a new year by researching your family’s past
By Kristen Bertrand Hopefully, you spent the holiday season surrounded by friends and family, created new memories, shared old traditions and told stories around the table. -
Local News Sudbury Accent: 'There’s nowhere I’d rather be than in the wild'
Accent: adventurer and author coming back to Sudbury to speak -
Books Brown: Neil Peart was a great drummer, yes, but also a comic creator
By now, you’ve heard all the tributes to late Rush drummer Neil Peart, who died Jan. 7 after a battle with brain cancer. -
Books Book Review: George Bowering is still going strong after 100 books
George Bowering's latest collection of essays deserve attention from anyone who cares about how literature is made and works. -
Entertainment International: 30 bestselling books for the week of Jan. 11
Bookmanager's list of the top selling books and new releases for the week of January 11. -
Entertainment B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of Jan. 11
The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top-selling books for the week of Jan. 11.
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Local News Arctic adventurer to speak in Sudbury
Adventurer and author Adam Shoalts will be in town Jan. 22 for a presentation at the Science North IMAX theatre. -
Local News At the Library
LITERACY DAY: Celebrate Family Literacy Day 2020 with Soo Greyhounds. James L. McIntyre Centennial Library has arranged for games, crafts, autographs, prizes and time with Soo Greyhounds. -
Local News Good Read: Books from 2019 that received rave reviews
The holiday season has come and gone, and while the stack of books by my bedside table is somewhat diminished, there remains a long list of fantastic titles from 2019 ... -
Books Hesson: Children's book reviews
The Grey SistersBy Jo Treggiari(Penguin Teen)In this emotional thriller, strangers find their lives are connected. -
Books Can Lit: New year brings Living Lightly, Recipe for a Perfect Wife
Recipe for a Perfect WifeKarma BrownVikingKarma Brown assembles all the ingredients for a tasty domestic drama in Recipe for a Perfect Wife, then sweetens the plot with dual storylines and ... -
Books Book review: Mooncalves an eerie, disturbing, stunning first novel
Victoria Hetherington’s unique narrative voice may announce the coming of a new genre. Call it Post Singularity Toronto Gothic -
Books Book review: New location, same crime for Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series crew
THERE’S A MURDER AFOOTBy Vicki DelanyCrooked Lane Books, $26.99Taking an out-of-town break from regular life can be good not only for living humans, but also for the fictional characters of ... -
Local Entertainment One Book Lambton discussion set for Jan. 22
Local literature lovers and enthusiastic area bookworms are being invited to strike up a conversation about Wab Kinew’s moving memoir The Reason We Walk on Wednesday, Jan.
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Books Gunn highlights First World War verteran McLeod
Roger Gunn picked a perfect location to host an autograph session on the heels of the Edmonton resident publishing his recent books. -
Books International: 30 bestselling books for the week of Jan. 4
Bookmanager's list of the top selling books and new releases for the week of January 4. -
Entertainment Top 20 B.C. bestsellers published in 2019
The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top 20 bestselling books for 2019. -
Column GPPL column: Noteworthy picture books for children
As we move into a new year, I would like to share some of my favourite picture books from the last one. -
Books Library adds resume service to roster
The Hanna Library has a new service up it’s sleeve, resume making. Marigold Library Systems has partnered with Cypress Resume to allow library members a quick and easy way to ... -
Books 'Prozac Nation' author Elizabeth Wurtzel dead at 52
Elizabeth Wurtzel, the author of best-selling memoir Prozac Nation: Young And Depressed In America, has died. -
Books B.C.: Fifteen bestselling books for the week of Jan. 4
The Association of Book Publishers of B.C.'s list of the top-selling books for the week of Jan. 4. -
Books Eight Montreal writers name their favourite reads of 2019
Heather O'Neill, Mark Abley and others share the highlights of their reading year.
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Books Brown: Another banner year sketched out for comics, graphic novels in London
It’s looking as though next year will be another banner year for comics and graphic novels in the Forest City. -
Books Rocky Mountain Cooking serves up a taste of the Canadian backcountry
Try Katie Mitzel's "backcountry cooking" recipes for Lemony Lavender Buttermilk Cake and Red Lentil and Creamy Carrot Soup -
Books Book review: When one song and one drum generate a common healing
Simple activities based on Ojibway ceremonial traditions made available to anyone who seeks the sense of connection and wholeness these ceremonies can evoke -
News As 2020 begins, former radio host Erin Davis opens up on loss and sobriety
On New Year's Eve Davis announced on Twitter that she has been sober for six months -
Books Graphic Novel: Can Star Wars fans take this Mad Magazine parody?
Mad Spoofs Star Wars — a collector’s edition of all the Mad Magazine Star Wars parodies since 1977 — is a must-read satire of the “overwrought space opera with enough ... -
Column GPPL column: Most circulated books of 2020
The following are GPPL’s most circulated adult books of 2019. This year’s top 10 includes a mix of mindful thinking, fiction and biographies. -
Books Rupi Kaur may not be MY 'writer of the decade,' but that doesn't mean she ...
Sadaf Ahsan: Not yet 30 and with no Man or Booker or Pulitzer or Nobel Prize to her name, Kaur's success is largely thanks to a massive social-media following -
Books Water & Wood celebrates flavours of Powell River
Cookbook serves up the flavours of Powell River. -
Books Books for Kids: Our House is On Fire, If I Go Missing promote activism
A school librarian friend of mine likes to discuss “the power of one” with her young charges — telling them that, regardless of age, size, colour, creed or gender, each ... -
Books Brown: Ruinworld tops my list of 2019's best graphic novels
It was another fantastic year to be a comic lover in London. Here are my picks for the best graphic novels of 2019.
