40 Years Over Due Returned to Toronto Library

The book Nicholas Knock And Other People: Poems by Toronto author Dennis Lee was recently returned to the Toronto Public Library–forty years overdue. The Danforth/Coxwell Toronto Public Library recently shared via Facebook that the book had last been checked out in 1978. The library also shared that the person who returned it can breathe a… Continue reading 40 Years Over Due Returned to Toronto Library

What Working With a Publisher Is Like

Next up in my tips when publishing your book, we look at what working with a publisher is like! HOW THE WRITER, AGENT AND EDITOR RELATIONSHIP WORKS Once you have an agent, they will send your book out to commissioning editors at different publishers. If an editor loves your book and thinks it has market… Continue reading What Working With a Publisher Is Like

What The Submission Process Looks like

Next up in my tips to help you publish your book, we look at the submission process and what it’s like–in a way, it’s like a long, loooong job application. WHAT THE SUBMISSION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE Each agency has its own submission guidelines, so make sure that you follow them. Fiction writers will send a… Continue reading What The Submission Process Looks like

Tips to Help Get Your Book Published

Okay, so you’ve done it. You’ve accomplished your dream of writing a novel, a bonified complete manuscript, free from plot holes and flat characters… now what? Now, it’s time to look at getting it published. Submitting your book to a publisher can be a confusing process and the industry works in very specific ways that… Continue reading Tips to Help Get Your Book Published

Library Book 300 Years Overdue Returned

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A 1704 edition of the 1688 book The Faith and Practice of a Church of England-Man has found its way back to Sheffield Cathedral in England roughly 300 years after it was checked out of the cathedral’s library—and 200 years after the library itself was dismantled. The Faith and Practice of a Church of England-Man, written by… Continue reading Library Book 300 Years Overdue Returned

Biography of Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables Now Available

Anne’s Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables is now available. The name Hanako Muraoka is revered in Japan. Her Japanese translation of L. M. Montgomery’s beloved children’s classic Anne of Green Gables, Akage no An (Redhaired Anne) was the catalyst for the book’s massive and enduring popularity in Japan,… Continue reading Biography of Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables Now Available

Bugs ARE for girls!

In kindergarten, Sophia Spencer’s love of bugs was a hit with her friends, but things changed when she switched schools in Grade 1. There, kids bullied her because they didn’t think bug hunting was something girls should do; in fact, they went as far as stomping on a grasshopper she brought to school with her… Continue reading Bugs ARE for girls!

Christmas Gift Ideas for Book Lovers

Christmas is coming and you still have no idea what someone on your list might like? Here’s a few ideas! Novel Tea Club Keep Christmas coming all year long, and by that, I mean signing up the literary lover in your life to a book subscription box. The Novel Tea Club is a monthly subscription box… Continue reading Christmas Gift Ideas for Book Lovers

Video: Shakespeare’s Life in 1 Minute

By Sarah Begley, Time, April 22, 2016  April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death With his unforgettable couplets, quips and coined phrases, William Shakespeare is one of the most quoted and referenced writers of all time. Nearly anyone who’s attended high school has had to read his works. Yet while we know his… Continue reading Video: Shakespeare’s Life in 1 Minute