Ready, set, write: Contestants aim to finish novel in a month
STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS Novelists and writers of all ages dusted off their thinking caps at the start of November, as National Novel Writing Month began. NaNoWriMo is a writing contest, challenging contestants to write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. To accomplish this goal, writers must ideally produce 1,667 words each day. The […]
Censorship in libraries
BY AMANDA SPILKER Since the first book ever banned in North America in 1637, for sympathetic views of Native Americans, the practice has continued to this day. Historically, the term“banned,” meant the removal of a book from library shelves and academic curriculums by different levels of government,preventing the reader from being able to find and read the book. Now […]
To read or not to read?
BY PALWASHA TEMOR New technologies have allowed print books to be published digitally. On top of that, many popular novels have been adapted into films and many have done well in the box office. With all the changes associated with literature, one can’t help but wonder, do people still read? As well, why do people read? […]
From courts to bookshelves, lawyer pens first novel
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR One of the biggest challenges authors face is keeping the muse alive and finding time to write. Michael Michaud, 38, had to juggle his day job of being an Assistant Crown Attorney in the GTA with writing his very first novel titled Billy Tabbs (& The Glorious Darrow). “I wrote just […]
