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April 12, 2021Contest! Enter to Win Legal Thrillers by William Deverell That Will Keep You Reading (and Laughing) All Night
William Deverell knows the highs and lows of legal drama well — a former criminal lawyer himself, he'd pretty much seen it all when he turned his hand to writing novels. With his Arthur Beauchamp ...
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May 03, 2021Contest: Enter to Win A Pulse-Spiking Pack of Literary Mysteries from ECW's Thriller Master John Jantunen
John Jantunen's unique literary voice brings northern Ontario to the forefront – not only for its beauty, but as a perfect backdrop to some of the most compulsively readable thrillers and mysteries ...
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February 07, 2022Win a Must Read Young Adult Prize Pack from Groundwood Books
The books we read as young people tend to stay with us, residing deep in our bones as we grow and change as readers and people. But the magic of young adult novels is that we can keep reading them long ...
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May 29, 2023Philipp Schott on Weaving Together Iceland, Ostriches, and ASD in His Newest Mystery Romp
After a long period of dominance by dark and gory Scandi-style titles, the mystery genre seems to be spreading some love to less grim aesthetics, as book lovers twig to the pleasure of reading tightly ...
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June 01, 2023Happy 45th Birthday to Groundwood Books! Enter to Win Classic Books & Iconic Swag
Groundwood Books is one of Canada's most iconic kids' books publishers and they're celebrating an incredible 45 years of bringing us books that are both highly decorated and loved by kids and caregivers ...
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April 29, 2024Contest! Enter to Win the Complete "Sometimes I Feel Like" Series by Danielle Daniel
Groundwood Books, one of the most celebrated publishers of books for kids in Canada, is celebrating the publication of the final books in the Sometimes I Feel Like series by Danielle Daniel with an ...
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May 28, 2024Griffin Prize Giveaway! Enter to Win Two Tickets to the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings and Winner Announcement
Courtesy of the The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry, we're giving away two (2) tickets to one lucky reader to attend the 2024 Griffin Prize Readings. At the event, you will hear a selection of ...
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June 10, 2025A Ragtag Group of Liberated Performers Face Down a Vicious Tyrant in SHOW
Prolific, award-winning author Shane Peacock turns his skills back to YA fiction this spring with a new novel that is as inventive as it is fitting for the world we're living in right at this very moment.Set ...
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July 16, 2017
drafts, and more drafts
I have always admired people could write in a way that required minimal drafts. Some people I know write in a calm, slow pace and what they "lay down on the track" stays pretty close to what is printed. ...
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April 28, 2017Publishing Tips for the Existentially Endangered
A couple of years ago I had a serious health scare. Without going into too much detail, I was admitted into the hospital in late spring and for a brief time no one was able to tell me for sure whether ...
