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
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A Night and Darkness Reading List
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
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
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
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
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