Literacy Archives

Amazon Rapids: A Mobile App That Gets Kids Reading

July 31, 2017

Most parents I know have rules about how much time their kids can use tablets or smartphones. And if not rules, they have guilt. How dare we let kids waste time on shitty mobile games when they could be playing outside or reading (never mind that games can improve hand-eye coordination, ...

Comics

Review: Toil & Trouble #6, The Final Issue

March 24, 2016

Toil & Trouble #6 Mairghread Scott (words), Kelly & Nichole Matthews (art), Warren Montgomery (letters), Kyla Vanderklugt (cover) Archaia February 3, 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on an advanced review from Archaia and may contain spoilers. The final issue of the miniseries ...

Comics, Reviews

Heathen Vol.1 : A “Feminist Lesbian Viking Comic Book”

March 23, 2016

Heathen, Vol. 1 Natasha Alterici (words & art) Literati Press January 20, 2016 “Feminist lesbian viking comic book.” That phrase was in the first sentence when author and artist, Natasha Alterici, reached out to us about her latest creative endeavor. I was hooked immediately, and I snagged ...

Essays

Canada Reads: In Defence of Saleema Nawaz’s Bone & Bread

March 23, 2016

Bone & Bread was first published in 2012, but four years later it still feels timely. It opens with Beena coping with the death of her younger sister, Sadhana, but as it goes on it tells the story of their lives, from when they were children to when Beena’s own child is getting ready to ...

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Starting Over: Canada Reads 2016

March 18, 2016

Launched in 2002, Canada Reads is an annual battle of the books hosted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Each year five books are chosen, and five designated champions advocate for their title. A book is eliminated at the end of every day until there is only one left standing ...

Comics

Review: Toil & Trouble #4-5

January 27, 2016

Toil & Trouble #4-5 Mairghread Scott (writer), Kelly & Nichole Matthews (illustration), Warren Montgomery (letters), and Kyla Vanderklugt (cover) Archaia December 2, 2015 and January 6, 2016 Last month, issue #4 proceeded through the showdown between Riata and Smartea at breakneck ...

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Augmented Reality and the Reader

January 19, 2016

Recently, I attended a conference session about the use of Augmented Reality (AR) to engage younger patrons. Interesting and enlightening, I left the session with an itch to know more about the technology, its possible applications, and drawbacks. AR is a layering of virtual objects over ...

Comics, Interviews

Interview with Grand Comics Database

January 7, 2016

Awhile back while researching for my first piece in my Red Sonja series, I found the Grand Comics Database (GCD) crucial to my research. GCD is a non-profit, international database for printed comics. The site’s goal is lofty – “the database will contain data for every comic ...

Essays

2014 Hugos Versus 2015 Sad Puppies: Short Stories

December 3, 2015

In 2002, the Hugo Award for Best Novel went to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Science fiction author Gregory Benford was not impressed, and he gave his views on the situation in 2005: “Fantasy has very, very cleverly managed to capture the apparatus erected by science fiction fandom ...

Literacy

Amazon Rapids: A Mobile App That Gets Kids Reading

Review: Toil & Trouble #6, The Final Issue

Heathen Vol.1 : A “Feminist Lesbian Viking Comic Book”

Canada Reads: In Defence of Saleema Nawaz’s Bone & Bread

Starting Over: Canada Reads 2016

Review: Toil & Trouble #4-5

Augmented Reality and the Reader

Interview with Grand Comics Database

More than Reading Level: The Struggle with Reluctant Readers

2014 Hugos Versus 2015 Sad Puppies: Short Stories

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