First Annual “Toronto International Book Fair” It’s hard to believe that Toronto doesn’t have a big book event like it’s pal New York City whether it’s industry based like BookExpo of America or a more reader friendly option like BookCon. This weekend, however, marks the first annual INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair where book lovers can…
The Thursday Book Beat: Changes Are Coming For HarperCollins Canada & Ghomeshi Dropped by PRH
Changes Are Coming To HarperCollins Canada Plenty of people are confused about what the recent announcements regarding HarperCollins Canada mean, but Publisher’s Weekly has done a fine job at explaining. Two major things have happened: President and CEO, David Kent, will be leaving HarperCollins Canada by the end of the year; HarperCollins will be closing its HC Canada warehouse…
Top Five Alternative Superman Stories We Wished Existed
Superman is a character who seems to solve most of his problems with logic through an easy going grin and/or punching nouns. What happens when we dedicate standalone stories to issues people deal with on a regular basis? More importantly, what happens when someone like Superman has to deal with these issues? Stuff happens. Lots…
#WWACTV Presents Diversity and Whitewashing on Television: Whitewashing 101 (1)
This is a four part series looking at the representation of race on television both in terms of how far we’ve come and what we have yet to accomplish. What Is Whitewashing and Why Should We Care? Whitewashing is what we call it when characters who are originally non-white (people of colour) are recast or rebooted as white….
People Telling Us What A “Good Book” Is: The Percy Jackson Edition
R.L. Stine Scares Us In 140 Characters… …okay. Maybe a little more than 140 characters. 15 tweets to be exact. It’s a really freaky story which Stine is a pro at, having penned the popular Goosebumps and Fearstreet series among others. Stine isn’t the first author to try this but if you want to check out…
What Do Marvel’s #MarvelEvent Announcements Mean?
Marvel made our minds explode with the number of major announcements they made during their #MarvelEvent. What does it all mean, and how should we feel about it? Well, let’s take a look back at their game-plan and break it down a bit: October 14th, 2014: Variety reports that Robert Downey Jr. is in final negotiations…
Jian Ghomeshi Fired Over Accusations of Multiple Assaults
After days of speculation about a “personal leave”, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation fired radio host Jian Ghomeshi yesterday morning. They did not comment on the decision in detail, saying that they weren’t in a position to do so — likely for legal reasons — but Ghomeshi and his team came out with a statement, posted on his Facebook…
The Thursday Book Beat: Blogger Asks “Where Are All The Disabled Characters?”
Blogger Asks Where Are The Disabled Characters At? Megan Quibell AKA TheBookAddictedGirl writes in The Guardian on the importance of representation in books and the lack of disabled characters as the leads of their own story. Which is why I want to set you all a few challenges. I want you to read something with a…
A Book is a Song Your Heart Sings: Top Ten 2014 Book/Song Pairings
Hello, book lovers! I’m sure you’re like me, and tend to have a song in mind while reading a book. Either it comes to you as you’re reading, or it just happens to be the thing playing in the background constantly as you get lost among the words. Regardless, music draws out feelings as much as…
Disney Animation Announces 2016 Film Starring A Woman Of Colour
We're thrilled to announce Moana, our 56th animated feature film coming to theatres late 2016! pic.twitter.com/S8x1KkJwYh — Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) October 20, 2014 I have never been so excited for an animated film than I am right now for Moana. As you can see above, Disney Animation announced that their next film in development for…
Stalking Is Never OK! Authors, Bloggers, Entitlement and Obsession
I didn’t expect to write this and I honestly wish I didn’t have to. This morning, I woke up to an explosion of chatter on my feed that was being directed to an article from the Guardian. Author Kathleen Hale wrote a piece that chronicled her journey of… stalking a book blogger who gave her a negative…
Gotham Gossip: Pastries of doooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOM!
Welcome back to our weekly installment of Gotham Gossip, where Staff Writer Ardo and News Editor Laura discuss, debrief, and generally give their opinions without being asked for them. Laura Well, I’ll ask. What did you think of tonight’s episode, Arkham, Ardo? Ardo Eh. Laura Gripping! Tell me more. Ardo I’m starting to feel like…
