Month: September 2019

My Heart Fills With Happiness to be Given to Over Half a Million Kids

September 27, 2019 admin 0

Over half a million children will soon receive a copy of Monique Gray Smith’s bestselling 2016 book My Heart Fills With Happiness (Orca Books). The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has chosen Gray Smith’s book for its annual TD Grade One Book Giveaway. From The Tyee: My Heart Fills With Happiness encourages children to reflect on what makes them happy by thinking about elements of Indigenous culture, and its success is a milestone for Indigenous representation […]

Poetry: A Concept of Right Now by J. Scott Walker

September 27, 2019 admin 0

A Concept of Right Now (Unsolicited Press) is a poetry collection that explores the tension between uncertainty and truth. It is a collection that exists where many elements of culture and society converge: the internal and external geographies of shared human experience. Blending narrative and lyrical modes, in a searching yet grounded voice, it is an attempt to reconcile and reveal what it means to be a person of the early 21st century.Paradox is a […]

Non-Fiction: Awaken Your Joy: A Practical Guide To Embrace Fulfillment by Kimber Bowers

September 27, 2019 admin 0

In the United States 61 percent of men and 51 percent of women report exposure to at least one traumatic event. Additionally, 90 percent of clients in behavioral health care have experienced trauma. Unprocessed trauma can develop into a variety of mental, emotional, and physical problems. This trauma can be pushed under and buried to a point that many don’t readily recognize how it is affecting their lives. Awaken Your Joy: A Practical Guide To […]

Banned Books Reading List 2019

September 26, 2019 admin 0

We love Banned Books Week! Celebrated in September of each year, if nothing else, it gives us some terrific ideas about what to read next. This year Banned Books Week runs from September 22 to 28. It celebrates freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the book community in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas. Every year the American […]

Will Smith to Star in Adapatation of Brilliance by Marcus Sakey

September 26, 2019 admin 1

Marcus Sakey fans take note: Paramount has acquired the rights to the author’s 2013 novel Brilliance (Thomas & Mercer), which is currently being adapted by Akiva Goldsman into a project that will star Will Smith. The duo worked together previously on I Am Legend and I, Robot. From Deadline Hollywood: They will produce with James Lassiter and Shane Salerno. Pic will be done as a co-production between Goldsman’s Weed Road, Smith’s Westbrook and Overbrook, and […]

Children’s Books: Noah’s New Puppy by Richard Rice

September 25, 2019 admin 0

Noah’s New Puppy (Msi Press) by Richard Rice combines the issues of post battle PTSD with the healing power of service dogs in a way that little children can understand. Captivating illustrations by the author’s brother, Vincent Rice, help tell the story of a returning veteran who struggles to re-enter family life. The introduction of a puppy into their lives gradually brings the father out of his depression.Both Richard and Vincent are veterans. Richard is […]

Souless Rambo Draws Author’s Ire

September 22, 2019 admin 0

Critics have been hating on the latest Rambo movie, calling it “MAGA fantasy,” an “orgy of death” and worse. But critics aren’t the only ones. Author David Morrell, who created the character and has had input into several of the films, agrees with negative reviews of the film. “I agree with these RAMBO: LAST BLOOD reviews,” the author reported on Twitter a few days ago. “The film is a mess. Embarrassed to have my name […]

Widow Launching Second National Tire Safety Tour

September 22, 2019 admin 0

For the second year in a row, Diana Hubner, has set out to raise awareness about tire manufacture dates and tire safety. Hubner will be touring the country to promote her new book, The Tire Mom: My Highway to Healing, and to educate the public about tire safety. Last year, Hubner purchased a set of tires for a family in each of the 50 states, some of them perfect strangers, to help heal from the […]

Greystone Books Will Close International Offices for Climate Strike

September 19, 2019 admin 0

As millions of people around the world prepare to walk out of their homes and schools for the Global Climate Strike September 20 to 27, Greystone Books, a leading publisher of award-winning non-fiction books about nature and the environment, social issues, science, and wellbeing, will close its offices in the four countries they have a presence on Friday, September 27 in solidarity with young climate strikers around the world. The Vancouver office will march as […]

Graeme Gibson Dies at 85

September 18, 2019 admin 0

Celebrated Canadian author and conservationist Graeme Gibson has died. Gibson had been a founding member of both the Writers’ Union of Canada and the Writers’ Trust of Canada, had served as president of PEN Canada and been named to the Order of Canada. In April of 2017, The New Yorker reported that Gibson had been diagnosed with early signs of dementia. Margaret Atwood, Gibson’s partner since the 1970s, issued a statement for the family through […]