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Books in 140 Seconds: And Also Sharks
Did you forget about us? We haven’t forgotten about you. We even made this cool video for you. This week for Books in 140 Seconds we’re talking about Jessica Westhead’s delightful short story...
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Hello, sports fans, time for another edition of your adrenaline-laced literary sprint, Books in 140 Seconds. Last week we pontificated on Brian Brett’s Trauma Farm, and this week we’re reentering the...
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Books in 140 Seconds: Algoma
Don’t worry, friends, we haven’t forgotten about you. In fact, we miss you. So much. [Hug monitor now.] We’re back this week with a fantastic first fiction offering from the wonderful Dani Couture....
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Books in 140 Seconds: Natural Order
Exhausted by the afternoon desk job drowsiness? Books in 140 Seconds, the expresso shot of book clubs, is here to give you a little buzz. Last week we talked about the ripple effect of a gay teen’s...
View ArticleBooks in 140 Seconds: Monoceros
I may be busy, but I still have 140 seconds to spare, so Erin and I are back with your bi-weekly book club blast. Last time we rhapsodized about the Rapture in Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers, and this...
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Books in 140 Seconds: Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew
Annnnd we’re back with the bi-weekly bite-size book club that is Books in 140 Seconds. Last week we sauntered through Shawn Micallef’s Stroll, and this week we’re going on to a novel that provides a...
View ArticleBooks in 140 Seconds: Making Light of Tragedy
April and Keep Toronto Reading may be over, but never fear, you can temper your video withdrawal with regular doses of Books in 140 Seconds! A fortnight ago, Erin and I were talking about the...
View ArticleKTR2011: David Burga recommends The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Well, mes amis, here it is: the end of the road for another year and another Keep Toronto Reading campaign. For our final video, geologist and author David Burga makes a convincing case for The Brief...
View ArticleKTR2011: Sarah Labrie recommends The Carnivore
Friends, we’ve come to our last day of our 2011 Keep Toronto Reading campaign, so we’ll be finishing off with a bang with two videos. This morning’s video is from bestie, partner in lid-smashing and...
View ArticleKTR2011: Crissy Calhoun recommends The Grapes of Wrath
We’ve hit the Easter Sunday edition of our Keep Toronto Reading celebration, and though you may be busy with family dinners and the hunting of eggs, the Easter Bunny’s brought us something better than...
View ArticleKTR2011: Kerry Clare recommends People You’d Trust Your Life To
Another April day, another Keep Toronto Reading video! (So surely April can’t be the cruelest month after all.) While temperatures have cooled and days have greyed a bit after our first blush of...
View ArticleKTR2011: Kathleen Ferguson recommends Getting the Girl
It’s Day 21 of our mission to Keep Toronto Reading and I am extra excited to have our first contribution from a teen! (Extra credit to her mom — and yesterday’s recommender — Clare Hitchens for...
View ArticleKTR2011: Clare Hitchens recommends Encore Edie
It may be a wet, gray day in Toronto, but nothing can rain on our Keep Toronto Reading parade! Today for Day 20, I present lovely publicist (and my January patio partner) Clare Hitchens, who wants you...
View ArticleKTR2011: Steven Beattie recommends Wise Blood
We’ve hit the 19-day marker in our month-long Keep Toronto Reading marathon. Today’s guest star is book critic Steven Beattie, who recommends a book that’s “Unlike anything I’ve ever read in the...
View ArticleKTR2011: Angie Abdou recommends Before I Wake
The Keep Toronto Reading train is still picking up steam with our second reco of the day. This afternoon we’ve got a heartfelt reco from author (and recent Canada Reads nominee) Angie Abdou. She says...
View ArticleKTR2011: Kat Kruger recommends Dust City
Mondays bring double the video goodness in our Keep Toronto Reading reco-fest. With this afternoon’s super offering (featuring the best graphics use to date), Kat Kruger recommends young adult...
View ArticleKTR2011: Erin Creasey recommends Your Secrets Sleep With Me
It’s Day 13 of our month-long book love-in for Keep Toronto Reading. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Let Books Transform You,” and we’ve collected a lot of great stories about the power of books....
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Books in 140 Seconds: The Waterproof Bible
Next month the KIRBC is hosting a Keep Toronto Reading video deluge, but first to get you warmed up, we’ve got an installment of your bite-size book club, Books in 140 Seconds. We’re moving from the...
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Making Light of Tragedy, by Jessica Grant
Sometimes you pick up a book, and it’s like a song on the radio that you don’t realize you needed until you’re singing along. At the end of this dreary February, that was certainly the case with...
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Civilians Read 2011: Day 4
Welcome back to Day 4 of the Keepin’ It Real Book Club’s 2011 Civilians Read competition. Yesterday we discussed which books were the most thought-provoking and which had the most emotional impact....
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