Feels like it's been summer for a few weeks now, but the official start of summer is 1:16 PM this afternoon. Hurrah! The weather outside is nice, so I advise everyone not stuck inside today (for work, exams or w/e) to get outside and enjoy it with a book under a tree or otherwise. Does anyone […]
Registration for Word Out 2011 is now available! We've also opened up the Review/Request/Recommend section for those who'd like to get or give some advice on summer reading possibilities. More information to come later in the day on prizes, contribution opportunities and other details–just getting some final confirmation from the folks in the know.
It's almost registration time! We expect online registration to be available early tomorrow afternoon, along with expanded details about this year's prizes and other stuff to keep you busy reading all summer long. Stay tuned, true believers!
The final round of prizes has been drawn, including the end-of-summer grand prizes, and all winners have been contacted. Congratulations to everyone who won, for this round and throughout the summer. And double congratulations to everyone who participated by joining, making comments and making videos, whether you won a prize or not. Collectively you've helped […]
We've reached the "official" end of Word Out 2010. We'll be closing commenting on all other posts shortly, but will leave the comments on this one enabled for a little while longer for anyone with a final farewell, book recommendation or otherwise. First, much thanks to: Participating authors who gave their time and thoughts to […]
Winners for August 16 - 22 drawn & contacted. Check your email! Next week will be our grand prize draws, and the cutoff for consideration for joining/comments/videos is 11:59 PM, Sunday August 29th.
Last week we judged books by their covers. This week you can judge by micro-sized excerpts from their back cover description (or their cover jacket description, in some cases). We've got copies of all four of the books with excerpted summaries below. Just tell us which book you'd most like to read based on the […]
It's the final week of Word Out (already?) and I was fortunate enough to read some great books last week to prepare for my final "What We Read" post this summer. First off, and my favourite of all the YA I've read this summer: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Great YA […]
If you're near the York Woods library and/or interested in local history you may want to check out their Black Creek Living History Project. They're looking for teen volunteers to conduct interviews with area seniors using digital video equipment and to edit the seniors' stories to make up part of an exhibit with an online […]
Winners for August 9 - 15 drawn & contacted. Check your email!