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 […]
(This post is the second in a series about Canadian Science Fiction. Here's a link to the first post) Its taken decades, but the Science Fiction genre has finally proven that its got a legitimate place in the world of high literature. The contributions of a small but incredibly talented group of Canadian writers have […]
This Thursday is going to be awesome. You know why? BECAUSE LEAH BOBET IS COMING TO CENTENNIAL! That's right. Mark your calendars. It doesn't get better than this. So come out to the library to meet an exciting new voice in Toronto Sci Fi. Centennial Branch (578 Finch Ave. West)Thursday, August 9, 2012 4:00 – […]
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Do you start writing stories or poems, but find you never exactly finish them? Or maybe you want to start writing, but need a little push? Come to this inspiring workshop, where writer Kristyn Dunnion will guide you through the entire creative process from the initial brainstorming phase to final revisions, all with an eye […]
Our @tplteens twitter feed was busy playing with the #boringmovies hashtag meme this week! Some of our favourites: RT @miss_reading: @TPLteens Dial M for Meh. #boringmovies RT @zestbooks: @ab81 @TPLteens #boringmovies is on! Here's a zombie one: Night of the Still Totally Dead @miss_reading: @TPLteens Dial M for Meh. #boringmovies @andcoke #BoringMovies . A pocketful of […]
This week's Scandalous contest is now closed. Thank-you everyone for sharing some of the most juiciest and wild scandals of the twenty first century! A winner has been selected and will be contacted in the near future.
We had questions, and Ally Carter was kind enough to provide us with some great answers! The topic: her sensational novel, Uncommon Criminals which is our featured fiction work of the week. If you loved the book like we did the following questions should capture your interest and also give you a sneak peak for what Ally […]
Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter Katarina Bishop, best known as the girl who robbed the greatest museum in the world, is back for her second adventure. She is tasked with stealing the infamous Cleopatra Emerald. But this heist is going to be even more challenging, for three reasons. All Katarina has to do is […]
Little known fact: Canadians write the best Science Fiction. For decades, Science Fiction has been written off as a nerdy pulp genre, hardly meriting consideration as literature by 'serious' readers (y'know, the ones that get all choked up over Jane Eyre). Recently however, Sci fi has started to gain a foothold in the world of […]