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January 16, 2018Get Inspired by the Activists & Editors of Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South
When the cards are stacked against them, activists are left with only the most creative and courageous options to make their voices heard as they protest violence, hatred, and discrimination.In Beautiful ...
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January 18, 2017Get Thee to a Library
You might be forgiven for thinking that Chester Brown immigrated to Toronto from J. R. R. Tolkien's Lothlórien. There is an enigmatic, ethereal quality to his presence. A deep and patient thinker, Chester ...
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July 25, 2018Get to Know Children's Literature Star Tim Wynne-Jones on Food, Happiness, & Favourites
Tim Wynne-Jones is the author of more than 30 beloved books for young readers, from picture books to YA adventures. His latest is The Ruinous Sweep (Candlewick Press), a young adult story that opens ...
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June 21, 2018Geting to Know Author Claire Tacon: Activism, Guelph Love, and a Badass Grandma
Williams Syndrome is a complicated and little-known condition with symptoms including difficulties with visual and spatial tasks, outgoing, empathetic personalities, and numerous health concerns including ...
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May 02, 2018Geting to Know Carol Rose Daniels: Tasty Snack Ideas, Sky-High Plans, & Curling Celebs
Carol Rose Daniels' newest poetry collection, Hiaerth (Inanna Publications), mines a particularly painful period in Canadian history: the so-called '60s Scoop, where upwards of 20,000 indigenous children ...
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November 13, 2019Getting Fancy: Guest Authors of the 2019 Writers' Trust Gala on Gorgeous Gowns, Schmoozing and Their Dream Dinner Guest
The Writers' Trust Gala, arguably the glitziest event of the fall literary award season, is a very special night. Canadian authors and guests of the gala come together to raise money for several important ...
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December 21, 2017Getting Merry with Stephanie Simpson McLellan, author of The Christmas Wind
Are you in the holiday spirit yet? We hope that wherever you are, and however you're celebrating this winter (or getting cozy and skipping the celebrating), you're feeling the magic.To help with that, ...
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October 13, 2015
Getting Press: the Questions to Ask About Publicity Before Your Book Is Published
“My last book did not get a single review,” a friend told me last year after the release of his third title. “The publisher didn’t do anything to promote it, and I didn’t have time.”This is, ...
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June 07, 2022Getting Started the Long Way Around
I didn't always want to be a writer, mind you, I didn't learn to read or write until I was about 12. I have this auditory learning disability that makes learning things a challenge, most things I can ...
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November 20, 2023Getting to Know Marion Agnew, Author of the Witty & Poignant New Novel Making Up the Gods
Simone, a widow, lives a quiet life in her cottage by a lake – until one day, when a man named Martin shows up on her doorstep, claiming to be a cousin. He is potentially Simone's only living relative, ...
