Interview: Christy Ann Conlin Author of Dead Time

Interview: Christy Ann Conlin Author of Dead Time

A few weeks ago, I started to look at Young Adult (YA) novels with my daughter in mind. Adolescence is still a few years off, but I'd like to know what types of books are available now. What I discovered is that there are a lot more books for the 14...

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Rythmes de Femmes at Rialto Theatre

Rythmes de Femmes at Rialto Theatre

Last week, I received an invitation from Marilyn Berzan-Montblanch to take part in the closing festivities of the 2011 Images de femmes at the Rialto Theatre on March 20. Rythmes de femmes is the finale of the Images de femmes event, which pays tribute...

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Review of the Girls’ History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century

Review of the Girls’ History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century

The Girls’ History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth CenturyEdited by Miriam Forman-Brunell and Leslie ParisUniversity of Illinois Press The Girls’ History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century is an anthology of influential essays written by top...

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E-Book Sensation

E-Book Sensation

Sculptor: M. Champagne The name Amanda Hocking seems to be on the lips of everyone in the publishing world these days. The 26-year-old has gone from making $18,000 working with the physically disabled in 2009 to nearly $2 million since April 2010 when...

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Review: Greedy Little Eyes

Review: Greedy Little Eyes

Greedy Little Eyes by Billie Livingston Random House With all the hoopla surrounding the Canada Reads, I wondered about the number of Canadian authors who were receiving very little ink because they strayed from the mainstream publishing path. Recently,...

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Chez Elio

Chez Elio

On the other side of the train tracks separating the Mile End from Rosemont is an Italian restaurant that no one should miss. I used to pick up my daughter at a daycare a few blocks north of Elio's, and it was just another building until the patio opened....

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Review: The Orphan Rescue

Review: The Orphan Rescue

The Orphan Rescue Anne Dublin Second Story Press The Orphan Rescue opens with 12-year-old Miriam and her grandfather taking her younger brother David to an orphanage in the late spring of 1937 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Miriam's grandparents have no other...

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Review: Dead Time

Review: Dead Time

Dead Time by Christy Ann Conlin Annick Press As my daughter approaches that preteen age, I'm looking more at Young Adult (YA) books because we all know that teen readers usually go on to be life-long bibliophiles. In recent weeks, I've been sent two...

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Daniel Craig for Int'l Women's Day

Daniel Craig for Int'l Women's Day

Some interesting statistics on women in the UK and around the world. Judy Dench narrates this video which features our current day James Bond, Daniel Craig...

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The CBC Investigates Sexism in Publishing

The CBC Investigates Sexism in Publishing

Note Mirror At Top to Fix Hair Before Meal First of all, Happy International Women's Day! As you may already know, we are celebrating this glorious day over at www.cronos4.tv where we will be featuring women artists all week. This short post came...

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Navarino's & Images de Femmes

Navarino's & Images de Femmes

Over at our visual blog, my husband and I have been preparing all week for International Women's Day with 7 days of fabulous women artists from the past and present. (www.cronos4.tv) The cafés in the Mile End are undeniably what makes this area worth...

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