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I love threads like this… What’s the one book you’ve recommended to people more than any other over the past 10 years? — Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) August 17, 2022 (I’m not sure what my answer would be – maybe “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy for fiction and “A Brief History of (Nearly) Everything” by Bill […]

Friday Fun Link – Bookordle

Here’s another Wordle clone that might just become part of my daily routine!

¶ Posted 29 July 2022 § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”

“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book. So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]

¶ Posted 04 May 2022 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, history, language

Friday Fun Link – 2022 Sask Book Awards Shortlist Announcement

I wasn’t able to pop over for the live announcement like I usually do (and with current Covid stats in Sakatchewan, maybe that’s okay too?) But nice to have an archived livestream of this year’s SBA shortlist announcement…

¶ Posted 22 April 2022 § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – 3-Day Novel Contest Locked in A Chapters Bookstore

A writer I know recently posted about a contest he participated in where he spent three days in a Chapters bookstore trying to write a novel. The contest was put on by Book Television, a Canadian specialty channel that closed last year. When I worked in the cultural non-profit sector, I remember writing a letter […]