Posted in Books, Inspiration, Literature
Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared?
Posted in Books, Education, Literature
Following in the footsteps of the Keats-Shelley Prize, Young Romantics is a new competition available for writers between ages 16 and 18 who would like to enter their poems and short stories. (Maximum 20 lines for poems and 1,000 words for short stories.) Each work should be inspired by the Romantic poets and refer to the theme this year – Lost Angels.
Posted in Community, Literature
This weekend across Canada Canadians are celebrate Culture Days. Here in Vancouver you can attend the free Word on the…
Posted in Arts, Literature
During the month that I graduated from high school, a friend of mine at the girls school I had attended…
Posted in Books, Literature
The other day three new books arrived at our house by international post from the United Kingdom. It was such…
Posted in Books, Literature
What’s not to love about Mary Engelbreit’s vibrant, sweet illustrations?
Posted in Books, Literature
Baba Brinkman was born in the West Kootenays – a beautiful and somewhat remote area of British Columbia- and grew…
Posted in Books, Daily Dish, Literature
The one thing perhaps worth saying about the disappearance of poetry from public view is that we’re likely losing a…
Posted in Books, Literature, Nature
If you go owling you have to be quiet, that’s what Pa always says. I had been waiting to go…
Posted in Books, Daily Dish, Literature, On the screen
The Alice in Wonderland books deserve repeated scrutiny when you consider that the tales reference topics such as set theory,…