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Famous Opening Lines

February 4, 2022January 13, 2022 / thebolotiecollective / Leave a comment

Many of us book lovers have a favourite opening line from a novel. One that stood out and has and remained ingrained in our memories. Today we're sharing some of our favourite famous opening lines.  #1 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the … Continue reading Famous Opening Lines

A Night and Darkness Reading List

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 / thebolotiecollective / Leave a comment

In this part of the world, mid-November means winter has settled in for a long stay. It also means daylight is making itself scarce. For example, on this particular day—November 18—the sun rose here at 8:06 a.m. and set at 4:32 p.m. A little over eight hours of light. A month from now, it’ll be … Continue reading A Night and Darkness Reading List

A Pride Week Reading List

March 11, 2018 / thebolotiecollective / Leave a comment

In celebration of Pride Week (March 12-16) at MacEwan, we've put together a reading list of books with LGBT characters, content, and themes. It's by no means exhaustive or authoritative--there's plenty out there to choose from--but the books below should bring some reading joy as winter slowly gives way to spring. Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae … Continue reading A Pride Week Reading List

A Hockey Reading List

January 21, 2018 / thebolotiecollective / Leave a comment

The Bolo Tie Collective has been pretty busy these last few weeks with submissions and acquisitions for Volume 3 of our anthology. In the midst of all this hard work, it seems like a good time for another reading list, one focused on the here and now. With it being midwinter and just over the halfway point … Continue reading A Hockey Reading List

A Christmas Reading List

December 17, 2017 / thebolotiecollective / Leave a comment

For many of us the festive season offers a little more time than usual to get comfortable with a good book. With that in mind, we've put together a reading list of Christmas-y books to give you some inspiration for your own Christmas reading list. Christmas: A Biography, Judith Flanders This newly published non-fiction book … Continue reading A Christmas Reading List

A LitFest Reading List

October 14, 2017October 21, 2017 / thebolotiecollective / Leave a comment

Autumn is the reading season. As the temperature drops and daylight fades, there are few things as warm as relaxing with a good book. And wouldn't you know it, we're now a couple of days into LitFest here in Alberta's capital. So, in the spirit of grey days and Canada's original nonfiction festival, we've put … Continue reading A LitFest Reading List

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📣 Attention Bolos, we have exciting news for you! The Bolo Tie Collective is looking for new executive members to join our team in the fall!
Our very last writing workshop is tonight! Join us via Google Meet at 6:30PM to have an exciting discussion about rewriting history ⏳
Looking for some writing inspiration for the weekend? Check out our latest blog post for writing prompts all about superheroes!
Upcoming workshop alert! 📣 Join us next Wednesday, March 9 for a discussion on writing about LOVE 💞
This week on the blog, we are excited to share an interview with one of our own, @adelinekpiercy! A recent MacEwan graduate and alumna of the Bolo Tie Collective, Adeline published her debut poetry chapbook, Exaltations, last year. Thank you, Adeline, for chatting with us and sharing your publishing experience!
This week on the blog we’re sharing some of our favourite opening lines from famous novels. Head on over to the blog to check it out and then drop some of your fave opening lines in the comments below! 👇

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