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Saturday Snap – @saskbookawards Book Arch

¶ Posted 30 April 2016 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #3 – Books

If I’m doing a list of the 10 things that had the strongest influence in who I’ve become at the midpoint of my life, it’s telling that the thing I jump to as the third most influential thing in my entire life, after family and after friends, is books. In fact, I could probably do […]

¶ Posted 14 February 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – A Life In Books

Feeling nostalgic today… Myself with the board of the Saskatchewan Publishers Group in 1999… Me with the board of the Saskatchewan Book Awards circa 1999-2000 Various co-workers from the offices shared by the Sask Writers Guild, Sask Publishers Group and Sask Library Association… Me with the board of the Writers Guild of Alberta… […]

¶ Posted 29 January 2015 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

How I Choose Which Book To Read Next

We leave for Newfoundland tomorrow morning and as our first extended trip without Pace (10 days!) I’m extremely excited about the possibility of doing lots of uninterrupted reading. Unfortunately, even though I’ve packed four print books (and downloaded another three e-books to my iPhone), I still don’t feel any of them sending me an urgent […]

¶ Posted 29 June 2011 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

CLA Young Adult Book Award Committee Needs Saskatchewan Representative

Hmmm…it doesn't seem to require that you be a librarian, only that you are willing to join CLA for the duration of the term on the jury (which is a 5 year commitment with a requirement that you read ~100 books per year. I've done nearly that for a book awards jury once but doing […]

¶ Posted 02 February 2008 § Library § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

The Canadian Book Challenge

“In case you haven't been challenged enough lately, here's another to add to your compulsive need to push yourself to your limit: The Canadian Book Challenge.The rules are simple: read 13 Canadian books (books by Canadians and/or about Canadians) before next Canada Day (That's July 1st for you non-Canadians in the audience). Make sure to […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: book

(if) I DID IT!!! – Thoughts on the OJ Simpson Book

When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, one of my main jobs each year was to organize their annual book awards program. One of my most memorable experiences during this time was when of our members submitted her book in both the fiction and non-fiction categories. I looked at the book and saw […]

¶ Posted 02 December 2007 § Canada § Library § Main Page § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: alberta, book

The Spirit of Saskatchewan: A Celebration of Books

This catalogue of books that have been nominated or won Saskatchewan Book Awards was one of the last projects I worked on before I came to library school. It was a Centennial project with a committee comprised of reps from the Sask Book Awards, Sask Writers Guild, Sask Library Association, Sask Publishers Group and Sask […]

¶ Posted 25 May 2006 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Sunset (or Sunrise?)

My last post was August 21 when I said I was going to try to get back to (roughly) daily blog posts after a summer of holidays and other distractions. Then I promptly didn’t post again for nearly two more weeks until today. Lots I could write, lots of navel-gazing about why I (still) have […]