Join us for the launch of the TD Summer Reading Club on June 28. StoryMobs, a literary phenomenon where great children’s books meet flash mobs, will run 13 story mobs of the same book, on the same day, in six provinces across the country; four of them at Toronto Public Library branches. We’ll reveal the […]
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.
In the popular manga series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumia, an average high school freshman, Kyon decides to join a school club. This club only takes in members who have hidden superpowers and its secret mission is to protect the beautiful Haruhi Suzumia. You can find out more by checking out the manga series! 🙂 I […]
Thirsty for More Vampires? Come to the Special Screening of the Canadian Horror Comedy, SUCK: The Movie There will be a Special Q&A after the film, and I can't tell you anymore… but there will be Free Food Please come and join me in the Community Room on this upcoming Monday, August 30 […]
Grace is: kind of lonely, living a quiet life with her distracted paren’ts near Minnesota. As a child, Grace was attacked by a pack of wolves but miraculously survived unharmed. Now she watches the wolves in the woods beyond her home with fascination, especially one with piercing yellow eyes. Sam is: leading a double life. […]
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 […]
I just finished reading the book, Happy: a Memoir and I loved it. Alex Lemon writes about the period in his life when he went to college and lived a carefree existence. When he suffered his first brain hemorrhage, he turned to drugs and alcohol to help him cope with what he was going through. This is the story of how he overcame his illness […]
I have to admit that the blog’s title is misleading because I wanted to get everyone’s attention by using the popular show name! Sanderson library is going to host the end of summer Word Out wrap party on Wednesday, August 25 at 2pm. Not only will we have food and prizes, we will have a […]