Blurb: For anyone who loves great literature — or aspires to write it — this is an essential collection, full of insight, wisdom, humour, and candour from Canada’s most important and beloved literary figures. For the past twenty-five years, the Writers’ Trust of Canada‘s annual lecture series, the Margaret Laurence Memorial Lecture, has invited some of […]
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Blurb: Unbound is a collection of some of the most significant writing by Indian women over the past two thousand years. Divided into eleven sections, it encompasses writing on various aspects of life: spirituality, love, marriage, children, food, work, social and individual identity, battles, myths and fables, travel, and death. While many of the pieces […]
Blurb: More of Mason Currey‘s irresistible Daily Rituals, this time exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists–painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and performers. We see how these brilliant minds get to work, the choices they have to make: rebuffing convention, stealing (or secreting away) time from the pull of husbands, wives, children, […]
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Tell Her She Can’t
Blurb: Who says you can’t? Tell Her She Can’t is the manifesto for every woman who has been told she isn’t strong enough, smart enough, or capable enough to excel—and the motivational anthem for those who have succeeded despite doubt. Your vision of change is possible, with the right guides to light your way. Entrepreneur Kelly […]
Blurb:With Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons, award-winning author Keith Rosson once again delves into notions of family, identity, indebtedness, loss, and hope, with the surefooted merging of literary fiction and magical realism he’s explored in previous novels. In “Dunsmuir,” a newly sober husband buys a hearse to help his wife spread her sister’s ashes, while “The Lesser Horsemen” […]
Description: Scratch is an interesting collection of personal essays and interviews on the financial aspect of writing put together by Manjula Martin. The contributors discuss money and success in their unique ways.The book’s first section Early Days does not have a common thread of advice, except maybe to imply that good timing and having great contacts […]
Summary: Billionaire under the Mistletoe This is Sophie’s first Christmas since her mother’s death following a long illness. She overhears Max tell his PA, her cousin Sally, to have ‘Christmas Delivered’” for his visiting sister and niece. A horrified Sophie persuades Sally to let her be the deliverer and sets out to make a wonderful […]
Sindhu S: Freelance Writer/Editor/Storyteller 