Congrats to Tina as the winner of the eyebomb photo contest! She'll receive the last iPad mini of Word Out 2013. Huge thanks to all the original eyebombing photos that were submitted. There are so many funny ones! The special touch of the details of these googly-eyes are a real stand-out.
Congratulations to Khadija, the random winner of the signed Raptor's Jersey. Enjoy!
It's been a great summer, but everything's got to end – including this year's Word Out program. Thanks to all the readers, writers, music nerds, jocks, knitters, wiseguys and other assorted awesome participants in Word Out 2013. We couldn't have done it without you. Really! We hope that you'll have an awesome year, and that […]
Guest review by William Manor Farm is at war. After ousting the tyrannous farmer, Mr. Jones, animals of the farm rejoice and proudly rename their farm “Animal Farm”. Two pigs—Snowball and Napoleon—and the rest of the animals establish a basic set of commandments on how they should live, leaving the farm at peace. But […]
Registration for 2013 is now open! Register Now *Register before October 11 for a chance to win a Kobo e-reader on the day of the conference! This year's all-day writing extravaganza will be: Saturday, October 26th, 10 am—4 pm NEW LOCATION: Toronto Reference Library: 789 Yonge Street (just north of Bloor) What is it? Meet awesome published […]
We're always trying to make Word Out better. Part of that is knowing a little bit about who participates. Complete the short survey and if you include your email, you'll be entered for a random prize draw for a Raptors jersey signed by Kyle Lowry. Chance to enter ends Tuesday, Sept. 3rd at 11:59 pm. […]
After careful deliberation, we're pleased to announce that the winner of our Found Poetry contest is SUAD! Suad's excellent poem We're All Brave included excerpts from Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford The Outsiders by S.E Hinton Divergent by Veronica Roth Looking for Alaska by John Green Rilla of […]
Have you ever look at food references in a particular book? I like it when authors use food in their stories. It is fun to re-read food scenes and see what characters are eating. Sometimes the protagonist is portrayed to eat a lot, other times they go without food. Famous cartoon characters with dangerous food […]
Guest review by Affaan Game of Thrones, the first novel in the Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series, is a wonderfully dark novel set in a twisted world inhabited by eerily cruel characters. The previous must be believed in its maximum capacity as Game of Thrones is an incredibly dark, twisted, and often times […]
Toronto's being invaded by robots. Little robots. Little robots with big hearts. The Lovebot Invasion was started by artist Matthew Del Degan, who decided to "encourage Torontonians to reflect on their surroundings and become thankful for the small, good deeds that constantly go unnoticed" all around them on a daily basis. To do this, he's […]