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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – How a Book Cover Entices You

The cover of a book initially draws us to it, even before we read the blurb, or check the author’s name. A cover has a powerful psychological affect on our subconscious. It is appealing in a variety of ways and …

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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Interview with Sara Furlong

https://storyay.ca Can you tell us about your new project? Storyay is a revolutionary storytelling experience that delivers personalized, interactive letters straight to your home mailbox. With high-quality writing, beautiful illustrations, and stories that bring a child right into the action, …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – February – A Month of Loving.

There are many ways to show love and February has a plethora of options. It is African American Read-In Month, Creative Romance Month and Library Lovers’ Month. On the first is Take Your Child to the Library Day, from the …

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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Creating Writing Community Connections

As writers and authors we want and need to find ‘our people’. This enables us to be connected even while solitary in our work. There are myriad of ways of doing this, so let’s get started. We can begin with …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Pride and Prejudice Celebration

Today we celebrate Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice’s original publishing date – 28th January 1813, a well loved English narrative that has been republished multiple times, has numerous works created about it and the character’s it portrays, and movies and …

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Creative Edge Author Interview – Don Sawyer

I grew up in Michigan and came to Canada in the 1960s to attend the University of British Columbia, where I more or less flunked out of my PhD program in Modern Chinese History. This turned out to be a …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Now Escapism is a Necessity

After the horrors of yesterday, we need to escape into story and take care of our mental health. As Lewis Carroll said: When we read a narrative our imagination clicks in to help us visualize the setting, the characters and …

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Creative Edge – Press Release – Matthew Hughes

The Ghost Wrangler Gold Winner in the 2024 Global Book Awards by critically acclaimed author, Matthew Hughes In a world of wizards and walled cities, Galabras Nachecko is a necromancer in the seaport metropolis of Golathreon, connecting the living with …

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Bibliophile’s Collective Tuesday – Poetry at Work Day

Today is Poetry at Work Day, I have to say I don’t ever remember this being something my old work place celebrated let alone encouraged. However, for those of you still working, lighten the mood and enjoy a poem, or …

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Wordsmith’s Collective Thursday – Interview with Karen Harmon

1. What made you want to write your memoirs? My first memoir, Looking for Normal I wrote for my three adult children. They never met my father and he was quite a character–kind, comical and fun loving. I wanted my children …

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