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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… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilAhyjfkLao

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

Secular Sunday – God Didn’t Write The Bible…

…the Bible wrote God.

¶ Posted 20 March 2022 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, history

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 […]

¶ Posted 04 March 2022 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta

How Non-Librarians Imagine A Librarian’s Typical Work Day

From McSweeney’s…

¶ Posted 16 February 2022 § Censorship § Humour § Jobs § Library § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: freedomtoreadweek

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Family Literacy Day (January 2018)

Happy Family Literacy Day! Here’s some pics from a Family Literacy Day event we had at the library a few years back…

¶ Posted 27 January 2022 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education

“A Warm Glowing Lantern” – Design Unveiled For New Saskatoon Downtown Library #yxe

This looks amazing – can’t wait to visit! New Central libraries have been built in most major Canadian cities over the past decade from Halifax to Winnipeg to Calgary to Vancouver among many others. And now Saskatoon will join that list! Every single one of these new Central libraries have become community hubs, centres of […]