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The Book Mine Set
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Book discussions, original poetry, weekly competitions where readers vote on their favourite of two authors
- Author: John Mutford
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- Tags: short story jane austen charles bukowski poetry friday the great wednesday compare douglas r. hofstadter
Recent Posts
Saturday Word Play- Robert Service\'s Reindeer*
For this week's Saturday Word Play, we take a look at some of poet Robert W Service's title characters-- except I've replaced them with Santa's reindeers. Can you put the characters back where they belong? To help you along I've capitalized the lette...
Reader\'s Diary #554- Mindy Willet and Sheyenne Jumbo and photography by Tessa Macintosh: Come and Learn With Me
From the informational book collection, The Land is Our Storybook, comes the fourth in the series, Come and Learn With Me. Co-written by Mindy Willett and Sheyenne Jumbo and illustrated by Tessa Macintosh, it’s hard to decide who to heap most of th...
The Great Wednesday Compare #5- Jack Kerouac VERSUS Allen Ginsberg
The final winner of last week's Great Wednesday Compare (Miriam Toews Vs Jack Keruoac, with a final score of 5-4 was Jack Kerouac!Well, a tie-breaker came my way last week and once again, that means that I get to cast the deciding vote. I have to say...
Reader\'s Diary #553- Lucy Maud Montgomery: Aunt Cyrilla\'s Christmas Basket
With only a passing familiarity with Lucy Maud Montgomery I might have suggested that her stories are a little on the quaint side. Usually they have a rural setting and deal with issues of morality and old timey values akin to a Norman Rockwell paint...
Hitting the Campaign Trail on MY BIRTHDAY
Thank you to everyone that voted for me in the first round of the Canadian Blog Awards (Culture and Literature category). With your help I've made it to Round Two.The Underdog Approach:Look at the picture on the left. I ended up kissing the wrong end...
Saturday Word Play- Hanukkah: One Line Word Searches
As Hanukkah officially began yesterday, I thought this would be a good time to show an appreciation for Jewish authors. Below I've given you ten titles written by Jewish people. The authors' names have been hidden amongst people mentioned in Adam San...
