Quill & Quire’s Picks for 2011 Best Fiction
By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 28th, 2011 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Lists
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Book Awards Roundup: 2011 Version!
By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 18th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, ListsSo, as many of us know, this time of year is sometimes referred to as book award season due to the number of major book prizes that are given out. For the bookish amongst us, it can be something that is difficult to stay on top of, despite a desire to do so.
via The Halifax Reader
Magical Thinking: Our 10 Favorite Memoirs of Loss
By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 3rd, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, ListsYesterday saw the release of Joan Didion’s newest memoir, Blue Nights. Didion is the master of the memoir, but more specifically, she is the master of the genre of the memoir of loss, of teaching us something through her exquisitely rendered grief, of sharing her family and heart.
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CBC Canada Reads reveals non-fiction longlist
By the Branta Webcrawler • Nov 1st, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, ListsThis year Canada Reads focuses entirely on non-fiction, specifically works of memoir, biography, and literary non-fiction. The five finalists will be selected from the longlist by yet-to-be-named celebrity panelists who will choose a title to champion over the airwaves.
Natalie Samson-Quill & Quire
10 Best-Selling Books That Were Originally Rejected
By the Branta Webcrawler • Oct 4th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, Lists, Publishing, Reading Horror(s)
The 20 Most Iconic Book Covers Ever
By the Branta Webcrawler • Sep 5th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, Graphic Stories, Lists
Weird Writing Habits of Famous Authors
By the Branta Webcrawler • Jul 15th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, ListsWe take a look at 10 modern authors who had unusual approaches to writing; some due to the limits they would impose on themselves, others due to what they would wear or how they would attempt to channel greatness.
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How to Drink Like Your Favourite Authors
By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 20th, 2011 • Category: Editor's Picks, From the Interweb, ListsIt’s a well-known stereotype that many literary authors are also raging drunkards. Which, forgive us, doesn’t make us want to emulate them any less. In fact, now that it’s summer, we can’t think of anything better than to sip a cool drink while typing away at our — er, laptops — out on the porch in the sweet summer night air.
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Famous Opening Lines from Novels Updated for the Modern Age.
By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 15th, 2011 • Category: Branta Recommends, From the Interweb, Ha Ha, Lists“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into a giant insect. Not literally, obviously. He was playing an MMORPG and this was his avatar.”
A Place That Writes About Places to Write
By the Branta Webcrawler • Jun 5th, 2011 • Category: Advice, Editor's Picks, Lists, On WritingAuthorsatwork.ca is a site where writers (presumably) can suggest spots they find conducive to getting things down on paper (or hard drive). It’s currently very Ontario-centric, but you can add a spot in whatever town you hail from and let the dinner/scribe bell be rung.
