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The idea of this blog is to facilitate the love of reading by collecting news about new books, or sometimes good old books. It is also dedicated to stamping out the scourge of e-books, Kindles, Kobo's, i-Pads, and all other such abominations.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
thorasbook
The idea of this blog is to facilitate the love of reading by collecting news about new books, or sometimes good old books. It is also dedicated to stamping out the scourge of e-books, Kindles, Kobo's, i-Pads, and all other such abominations.
Book Signings & Events
- Coming up in 2012:
- Nanaimo Harbourfront Library - Preschool Storytime Children aged 3-5 years and their caregivers join us for songs, rhymes and stories. Registration required. Location: Nanaimo Harbourfront Library - Storytime Room City: Nanaimo Province: BC Contact: Library Staff Phone: 250-753-1154 Nanaimo Wellington Library - Check our Program Location: Nanaimo Wellington Library City: Nanaimo Province: BC Contact: Library Staff Phone: 250-758-5544
- Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
- The Ask by Sam Lipsyte
- Shameless (Banning Sisters Trilogy) by Karen Robards
- Antwerp by Roberto Bolano
- About Alice by Calvin Trillin
- Abandoned by by Cody McFadyen
- Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
- Out by Natsuo Kirino
- By A Slow River by Phillipe Claudell
- End of East by Jen Sookfong Lee
- Lean on Pete by by Willy Vlautin
- Afterwards by Gary Shteyngart
- Absurdistan by Rachel Seifert
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Miarisha Pessl
- In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
- Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
- Missing by Karen Alvtegen
- The Housekeeper by Melanie Wallace
- So Many Ways to Begin by Jon McGregor
- Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel
- Look up any BC writer
- Van Writers Fest
- BC Bookworld
- Harbour Publishing
- Tyee's BC Books Blog
- Oolichan Books
- BC Book Publishers
- Quill and Quire Cdn. book trade mag blog
- Writ Small--Vancouver book reviewer
- WordStorm
- Your Link here
- Terry Glavin
- Peter Culley
Books on my bedside table
Books on my list
Nanaimo Area Book Links
Local Authors
Author Blogs
Other Bookish Blogs
- Reviews of Books: find reviews of any book
- Dove Grey Reader:UK review blog
- The Millions: reviews
- Metataxucafe:where all litblogs cross paths
- Times critic Bryan Appleyard's blog
- Booksing: book discussion
- A litblog not by old folks, just for a change
- Kate's Book Blog: Toronto based book discussion
- Bookseller Chick: bookseller tells all
- Shelf-Awareness: of interest to booksellers
- Fresh Eyes:A bookseller tells all
- Pubrants: An agent speaks
- Pod-y-mouth: finds gems among POD dross
- Powells has a great blog
- So Many Books-great on classics
- It's a Must-read--book talk site
- Readerville--great book talk site/a>
- Grumpy Old Bookman
- bOINGbOING
- Boook Slut
- Galley Cat: Book News (English)
- Book 2 Book: Industry News
- Book Ninja: Canadian Book Gossip Ed. by George Murray
- Maud Newton NY book gossip
- Book Talk.org
- Back Story--authors reveal their sources
- Beatrice--Introducing (US) Authors
- Pat Holt's book news blog (Calif.)
- directory to commonwealth authors
- Critic Eric Forbes' great blog of neglected gems
- 1000's of reviews
- Lit Kicks: good book talk
- Rain Review: BC review journal
- David Byrne of Talking Heads
- Calgary writers
- future of the book
- Blog critics
-
Links for Writers
Other Links
- Straight Goods Free News Service
- Bookwire--Industry Info
- Fantastic Fiction--commercial author/book site (UK)
- The Book Standard--curent reviews
- The Arts News--Canadian issues
- Rabble Free News Service
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