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Project Bookmark Canada helps bring fiction to life

August 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Inventive project showcases excerpts from fictitious works in the real locations where they occur. By Kristin Eliason There are two bookmarks in the Annex, but they are not of the paper variety. One, on St. George Street, can be found just north of Bloor Street on the west side. The other can be found at […]

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Spring is here  

July 12th, 2012 · Comments Off on Spring is here  

And so are the locally-grown spring books! Book City has them. The authors have them. The publishers have them. The internet has them. Poke around online at Open Book: Toronto—a government funded unbiased guide to Ontario-based book publishers, updated daily with news of new authors, book events, readings and more. You too could be the […]

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Looks like a book, feels like a book … local literary gift picks

December 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Looks like a book, feels like a book … local literary gift picks

By Nathaniel G. Moore Grunt of the Minotaur is described by its author Robin Richardson as having “all the naked women, natural disasters, talking hogs, cannibals, and crooked cowboys you need to make your holidays bright … with just a touch of baffling.” ’Tis the season of chocolate, stuffing, and gravy stains, of holiday work-party […]

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