FanExpo 2010: Recap
September 10, 2011
Friday: 6:45 pm: The Expo officially opens Friday evening at 4pm, but knowing that I’d be there all weekend, I end up heading downtown late. The commute downtown is not so bad, and my arrival…
Farzana Doctor’s Book Launch: Six Metres of Pavement
September 10, 2011
(Photo Caption: TINARS Director, Marc Glassman, in conversation with Farzana Doctor.) The launch was a great success, filled with soothing vocals, wry stories about the audience’s worst mistakes, and Glassman’s psychoanalysis of Farzana Doctor (Is…
Keep Toronto Reading 2011
September 10, 2011
Having been a novice in attendance, I had no clue what to expect. What ensued that night was a series of readings by Anthony De Sa, Cesar Polvarosa Jr, and the MAD Poet. The…
Archie Comics: Changed Times, Changed Looks, Changed Stories
September 10, 2011
Teaser: By Mia Herrera When I was younger, I’d love to pick and choose from among my big sisters’ shelves, which boasted impressive sets – Baby-sitters Club books, Nancy Drews, Sweet Valley Highs and Archie Comics…
The Lost Symbol: Not Sign of a Lost Cause
September 10, 2011
Teaser: by Mia Herrera On Tuesday, September 15th, Dan Brown’s much-anticipated book, The Lost Symbol, was released – his third book featuring the Harvard symbologist, Robert Langdon. In Brown’s earlier bestsellers, Langdon ventured out to uncover…
Book Review: Gwenhwyfar by Mercedes Lackey
September 10, 2011
Teaser: by Mia Herrera As part of Penguin Canada’s Bloggers and Books Network, I received Mercedes Lackey’s new book, Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit. Released on October 6th, Gwenhwyfar provides a new look at King Arthur’s legendary queen…
The International Festival of Authors (Oct 21 to Oct 31)
September 10, 2011
Teaser: by Mia Herrera This Wednesday, October 21st marked the beginning of the 30th International Festival of Authors (IFOA), which runs this year until Saturday, October 31st. The IFOA began in 1980 with a mandate to bring…
Indie vs. Indigo
September 10, 2011
Teaser: by Mia Herrera With the seemingly continuous expansion of the Chapters/Indigo bookstore chain and the consequent closures of long-established independent booksellers, one is left to question Canada’s book industry. Indeed, the future of…
How to Become a Bookseller
September 10, 2011
Teaser: By Mia Herrera More than half my articles on Live in Limbo have been about the uncertainty of the book industry. Perhaps this is a drum that I’ve been beating for far…