Hi, book lovers! Ashley, again! I just finished 13 Reasons Why on Netflix this weekend, and I’m still reeling from the Big Little Lies finale. So I’m definitely adding those two to my summer book list. What are you reading and loving?
Book Beat: Canada Reads Winner, Reading Without Walls, and Young Black Female Poets
Hi, book lovers! It’s me, Ashley! My friend Stephanie took over for a while, because my life was consumed with stress and grief over the loss of someone in my field of work. I am back though, still a bit stressed, still grieving a bit, but feeling better. I am reading all my favourite, weepy…
Book Beat: Rowling Bars Trump from Hogwarts
Editor’s Note: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis won Canada Reads 2017. It was defended by Humble The Poet. Sadly, it wasn’t among the books that the WWAC crew backed this year. Hello again! Hope you’re all doing well. Last week I suggested reading books that helped with mental health, re-reading books, and reflecting on how much…
Book Beat: Mental Health, Feminism, and Dissent
Hello again, readers! The week before last, I suggested borrowing books with both female protagonists and authors. This week, I suggest reading for mental health, but I don’t necessarily mean self-help books. For instance, I recently went by my local library’s book sale and bought a book of Irish myths, a copy of The Alchemist…
Book Beat: Lumberjanes Book Cover and Title Reveal, Hillary’s Current Read, and More!
Helloooo readers! It’s Stephanie again! Since yesterday was International Women’s Day, this week’s Book Beat is all about female authors, characters, and influence. Hey, we are Women Write About Comics. Personally I only tweeted and retweeted female voices on Wednesday to give them a boost. Speaking of female voices, I recently borrowed Tracee de Hahn’s debut…
Book Beat: Black Market for Books While Hidden Figures Rises to the Top
Hi book lovers! So are we past saying Happy New Years yet? It’s the middle-ish of January, my university hasn’t resumed classes yet and I’m spending my free time trying to keep to my resolutions! I find that I always blame not reading enough during the school year on having to read textbooks and articles. This…
Literature and Trump’s Horrific Win, Giller Prize, and Some Hope
Well book lovers, it’s a very somber week for America and the world, and if you feel the same, I stand with you. I will fight this fight with everything I have, and I will continue to have hope for the future as that is all I can hold on to right now. I feel…
The Thursday Book Beat: All of the Book Awards, Chanie Wenjack & Fake Autographs
Hello from Christa your friendly neighbourhood Book Editor! I’m filling in this week for Ashley and have a bunch of interesting news from the literary world for you so let’s jump right in. This week the winners of two major book awards were announced. The first was the Man Booker Prize, which, for the first…
Thursday Book Beat- Ferrante Drama, Spotlight on Indigenous Land Issues, and some MORE Literary Award Nominations
Happy Thursday, book lovers! The leaves are falling, the air is chilling, and the sweaters are being taken out of drawers. But I am packing for my vacation to Barcelona, Nice, and Italy for which I leave tomorrow! My mom tells me the leather in Florence is great, but if I’m spending big bucks on…
The Thursday Book Beat: New Reads for Your Morning Commute
Happy Thursday Booklovers! Christa here, stepping in this week to share the latest news from the literary world. Penguin Random House has launched their new Subway Reads program to celebrate the installation of free Wi-Fi in the New York City subway system. The program offers “40,000 pages or 50-plus hours of reading time” to commuters….
The Thursday Book Beat: More Harry Potter with Stories of Hogwarts
If you thought J.K. Rowling would put down the Harry Potter universe after The Cursed Child, you are living in a lovely dream world. The author and Pottermore will be releasing a series of ebooks called the Stories of Hogwarts which will include “never-before-seen content.” Gasp! The titles are: Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power,…
Book Beat: YA Author to Write A Miles Morales Novel
It’s time for book news — and there’s a ton of it. Nicola Yoon’s young adult novel, Everything Everything, is being adapted into a film that’ll be directed by Stella Meghie. They also announced that Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson would be playing the leads which caught my attention as an Amandla fan. Yoon’s debut novel follows Maddy, a…