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I Like Big Books but I Can’t Deny…

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

A few months ago, my husband spent a day helping a buddy move. I didn’t expect him to come home with this: The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedia Lexicon of the English Language, Revised and Enlarged Edition, published in 1914. Weighing … Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic! “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” picked for One Book, One Vancouver

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

During Sunday’s The World on the Street festivities, Vancouver Public Library announced that Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was voted in as the selection for One Book, One Vancouver, the city-wide book club. Read  the press release … Continue reading →

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The Word on the Street is…

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

The Word on the Street — a “celebration of literacy and the written word” — comes to Vancouver this Sunday, September 26. This free community event draws thousands of book-lovers from across the Lower Mainland to the streets around the … Continue reading →

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What I’m not reading right now…

Posted on August 22, 2010 by

Some days I worry that social media is keeping me from reading. Or rather, I spend a lot of time reading about books rather than actually reading the books themselves. Whether it’s getting recommendations from booksellers and other avid readers … Continue reading →

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Based-on-a-Book Big Screen Battle: Eat Pray Love vs Scott Pilgrim

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

Two very different literary properties. Two very different movies. Who will be the big winner at the box office this weekend? In this corner, we have Eat Pray Love, the movie adaptation of the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert. Eat … Continue reading →

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