Tag: Book Reading

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

What Your Reading Habit Says About You

Good news book lovers, for those of us who can’t tear ourselves away from the pages, new research has found that people who read fiction tend to more empathetic, kinder and display more positive social traits than those who don’t. And according to the results, people’s personalities also differed depending on the genre of book… Continue reading What Your Reading Habit Says About You