Columnists
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November 10, 2016
Profile on Michelle Berry’s Hunter Street Books, with a few questions
By rob mclennanThis month, Peterborough author Michelle Berry has opened up her new bookstore, Hunter Street Books (164 Hunter Street West, Peterborough), becoming (according to Kawartha Now) “the first return of ...
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November 03, 2016
The Art of Giving Feedback
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloIn 2009, after I had finished an early draft of my first book, God Loves Hair, I gave some of my closest friends a copy of the manuscript for their feedback. It was a vulnerable experience, especially ...
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October 17, 2016
New Fall 2016 Children’s and YA Books! Part 2
By Susan HughesToday, I’m continuing my fun chat with five authors of exciting fall 2016 hot-off-the-press children’s books, including a picture book, a chapter book, a middle grade novel, a nonfiction book, and ...
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October 07, 2016
How to keep a small chapbook press alive for twenty-three years (a primer)
By rob mclennanBy the time you read this, above/ground press will most likely be two or three items away from an accumulated eight hundred publications. How does that happen? Even I find it strange and remarkable that ...
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October 05, 2016
How To Make a Great Book Cover
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloThe most important lesson I learned when I self-published my first book was that readers do judge a book by its cover. This is often framed as negative but as author and illustrator Annie Mok recently ...
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September 28, 2016
Don’t Know Much About History: Memoir Crazy
By Dalton HigginsLiterary fiction and poetry are cool, but non fiction biographies are becoming cooler. Again. Some of us bookish geeks and authors tend to spend an inordinate amount of time tracking publishing industry ...
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September 20, 2016
New Fall 2016 Children's and YA Books! Part 1
By Susan HughesI’m delighted to be starting off my kid lit blog this season with a fun chat with five authors of exciting hot-off-the-press children’s books, including a picture book, a chapter book, a middle grade ...
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September 14, 2016
Profile on Show and Tell Poetry Series, with a Few Questions
By rob mclennanShow and Tell Poetry Series is a new reading series in Peterborough that features local emerging and established poets from Peterborough and beyond, held at Curated in the Charlotte Mews (203 Simcoe ...
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September 09, 2016
6 Reasons to Go to a Canadian Litfest
By Jael RichardsonWhile kids enjoy the first days of school, September also marks the start of the busiest season on the CanLit calendar. There are book launches and reading series and literary award announcements galore. ...
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September 06, 2016
September: My Season of Jealousy
By Vivek Shraya & Illustration by Karen Campos CastilloSeptember marks the beginning of award announcements and big fall book launches. In recent years, September has also marked the beginning of my season of jealousy. I feel apprehensive typing these words ...