Archive for the ‘Literary News’ Category
17
Sep
Posted by thatsthebook in Literary News, Points to Ponder. Tagged: fairy tales, Little Red Riding Hood. 1 Comment
It’s been a while sine I’ve jumped into the papers and pulled something out of there for discussion. I’m not sure if that’s because I couldn’t find anything interesting or I’m really slacking here. But I found something that was really interesting in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. This one all about Little Red Riding Hood and [...]
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3
Mar
Posted by thatsthebook in Canada Reads 2009, Literary News, Points to Ponder. Tagged: Brian Francis, Canada Reads 2009, David Adams Richards, Fruit, Jen Sookfong Lee, Mercy Among the Children, Michel Tremblay, Nicolas Campbell, The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant, The Outlander. 4 Comments
When Canada Reads starts up it seems to be over just as quickly. With that in mind I try to savor every minute of the debates. Today, again, I feel that we have a wonderful group of people on the panel and I really like Nicolas Campbell’s strategy. In day two there seemed to be [...]
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18
Feb
Posted by thatsthebook in Book Shopping, Canada Reads 2009, Literary News, Theatre. Tagged: 2nd Canadian Book Challenge, An Abundance of Katherines, Brian Francis, Canada Reads 2009, CBC, Common Weath Writers' Prize, Fruit, Giller Prize, John Green, Lawrence Hill, Les Belles Soeurs, Michel Tremblay, The Book of Negroes, The Book Vault, The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant. 3 Comments
Wow, it’s that time of the year again. CBC is gearing up for it’s yearly Canada Reads competition. I always look forward to debates that happen on CBC radio 1 to see what the defenders of each book has to say about the novels. When I get a chance to read the selections I’m often [...]
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28
Jan
Posted by thatsthebook in Literary News. Tagged: CBC, CNN, John Updike, Rabbit Run, Toronto Star. 4 Comments
After jumping from one news sight to the next I didn’t come across this article until got to the Toronto Star. That’s right CBC and CNN didn’t have this article highlighted. Author John Updike dies at 76 Jan 27, 2009 02:01 PM Hillel Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning [...]
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