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Defining Canada’s Place in the World
d leonard freeston’s new book The Sixth Extinction features a maniacal billionaire who is hellbent on saving the seeds of as many animal and plant species as possible. While writing the book, freeston (lower casing is intentional) looked at Canada’s place in the world of international espionage. Here’s what he had to say:
At the risk [...]
Defining Canada’s Place in the World
d leonard freeston’s new book The Sixth Extinction features a maniacal billionaire who is hellbent on saving the seeds of as many animal and plant species as possible. While writing the book, freeston (the lower casing is intentional) looked at Canada’s place in the world of international espionage. Here’s what he has to say:
At the [...]
As Canadian as…
I am the daughter of a retired Canadian Studies professor. This means that as a tween, I knew more about obscure Canadian trivia and history than anyone in my class. My class reports would be about Grey Owl, some of the lesser known prime minsters, and my travels up through Kicking Horse Pass, and the [...]
Conrad Black resentenced to thirteen months
The news arrived on Friday, June 24th that Conrad Black has been resentenced to thirteen months in a U.S. prison. The National Post ran a fascinating article on Saturday, June 25th entitled Six Lessons Gleaned from the Conrad Black Case. In it Steven Skurka, author of Tilted: The Trial of Conrad Black, offers six lessons [...]
Jeff Healey Remembered
This past weekend, Woodford Park in Etobicoke was renamed in honour of jazz and blues great Jeff Healey. Healey used to play in this park as a child, so it has strong significance for both his family, and fans. Healey was diagnosed at an early age with retinoblastoma, which left him blind by age 11 [...]
Mind the Gap
It’s an exciting time for Marina Cohen, YA author of Ghost Ride, and most recently Mind Gap. This is a fast-paced, exciting story with some supernatural elements for teens set on the TTC here in Toronto (the main character actually shares the same TTC stop with me, in the east end, which was pretty cool [...]
Greetings from Winterpeg
Every year the Canadian Children’s Book Centre organizes Canadian Children’s Book Week, sponsored by TD bank. It now takes place in May to ensure better weather for travelling, and to allow teachers and librarians in the various regions of Canada more time with the books leading up to an author’s (or illustrator’s visit). This year, [...]
