Like many Canadians, I am very proud of the Canadian Team at the London Olympic 2012. There were so many memorable moments including Canada’s first medal a bronze in diving from Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans, Canada’s gold medal by Rosie MacLennan in Trampoline and the women’s soccer match between Canada and France where the […]
Canadian Most Humourous Wrong Question and Answer contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone for their entries. You definitely gave us reasons to laugh. A winner has been selected and will be contacted in the near future.
Leah Bobet's visit at Centennial Branch was amazing and here are 5 interesting facts about Leah: 5. Leah works part-time at a science bookstore because writing is her full-time job 4. Leah wrote 5 novels and 2 unfinished ones before she got the idea for Above and this was when she was still finishing her […]
Above Leah Bobet Matthew lives in Safe, an underground haven for outcasts with strange abnormalities and abilities including Whisper who can speak with ghosts, Jack who can control electricity, Ariel who can’transform into a bee and Safe’s crab-clawed leader, Atticus. When a former friend returns for revenge, Matthew and the others must flee their home, […]
"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much" ~Helen Keller
Barry Lyga is the author of a number of Young Adult and teen novels (The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, Boy Toy, & Goth Girl Rising to name a few). Manga Man is his debut graphic novel. His books are exciting, fun and creative and we thank him for taking the time to answer […]
F in Exams: The very best totally wrong test answers By Richard Benson Q. Where was the American Declaration of Independence Signed? A: At the bottom. If you’ve ever been tempted to give a more “creative” test answer during an exam, F in Exams is the book for you. Hilarious, off-beat, and surprising, these answers […]
Scoring a zero in a test is easy but it takes talent to be clueless and inventive to generate some great examples of wrong answers that make you laugh and cry at the same time! Here is your chance to be creative; this week’s Word Out contest is to submit a humourous wrong question and […]
Mangaman, by Barry Lyga What would happen if a manga character found himself in the world of Western-style comics? In Mangaman, Ryoko Kiyama, a manga character with big eyes and an amazingly small waistline, falls through a mysterious rift into a North American comic-book drama. Ryoko seems like a freak to the more “realistic” characters, who […]
Thank you for submitting so many great entries to our Word Out 2011 Caption Contests! We have selected the winner below. The winner will be notified by email. Congratulation to Caption Contest #3 winner!