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Nov 25 2011
Giving Thanks to Prose, Poetry and Imaginings
Inspired by this post on Book Riot, we’re listing down a few things we are most grateful for: walking into a bookstore on a Saturday afternoon finding your next holiday destination while perusing a magazine [...]
Nov 23 2011
A Literature Category on YouTube?
You don’t usually think of books when you’re on YouTube. But the web is now abuzz with lit enthusiasts pleading for a Literature Category on YouTube, hoping to build a new space for authors and [...]
Nov 21 2011
Bent Objects in Romantic Scenarios
Indiana-based artist and photographer Terry Border conveys human emotion in inanimate objects in his new book, “Bent Object of My Affection: The Twists and Turns of Love”. With a huge dose of talent, some wire, [...]
Nov 18 2011
Persist
I am a huge fan of Pixar. I watched every single animated creation by this amazing company. Please don’t ask me which one is my favourite short or feature film because, as much as it [...]
Nov 09 2011
Why You Should Never Say “No Comment”
Are you a risk-taker? People admire and respect risk-takers who make allowances for their failures. The world’s top CEOs are that, risk-takers. In any corporate setting, the powerful leaders are there because of how they [...]
Nov 08 2011
Words We Owe to Shakespeare
Where would the English language be without William Shakespeare? Even with Roland Emmerich’s new film, “Anonymous” strongly questioning the authorship of Shakespeare’s works, there are some facts that we cannot ignore – Shakespeare created words [...]
Nov 04 2011
Emily Lim and Finding Her Voice
What would you do if your vocal chords suddenly seized up and then you couldn’t speak? How would you even begin accept or recover from it, when your entire personality has been altered by this [...]
Nov 03 2011
Here Comes The Hobbit
There’s been much excitement and fanfare over the film adaptation of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien’s first fantasy novel and children’s book. Directed by Peter Jackson, The Hobbit is a two-part epic fantasy film adapted from [...]
Nov 02 2011
This Week in Publishing and Technology
Google launches Canadian bookstore It’s a year delayed but Google’s Canadian bookstore is finally out with “hundreds of thousands of titles available for purchase in its eBookstore”, and through online resellers McNally Robinson in Winnipeg [...]
Nov 01 2011
Books Equipped with Smart Chips
Atria books releases the first ever smart book this week. 1,000 copies of the book will be embedded with a RFID chip allowing for any Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled phone to simply tap and [...]