By JK, on April 30th, 2010 Well friends, we have reached the finish line. It’s Day 30 of our month-long video marathon to Keep Toronto Reading, and after kicking off the whole shebang, I thought I’d finish what I started. No one had done a children’s book yet (if we don’t count Lindsey Reeder’s reco for a YA novel), so being a big fan of kidlit, I thought I’d give it a shot. It was really a no-brainer, and I decided to record a recommendation I’ve made countless times: Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia:
Now that we’ve take our last KTR bow, I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to everyone who put up with my pestering and contributed to making another one of my half-baked schemes a great success. I’d also like to give a huge shout-out to Ab at the Toronto Public Library, who supported our effort from day one.
We had a total of 32 videos submitted from 25 different publishing professionals, authors, and civilian book lovers alike, recommending a total of 35 books. Now it’s up to you all to go out in read them! Take them out from your local library branch (the TPL for our targeted Torontonians), or buy them at [...]
By JK, on April 30th, 2010 We’ve hit the last day of our 30-day book bender in the name of Keep Toronto Reading and we’re going out with a bang with another two-video day. Today I have the pleasure of presenting TV guru and Lost expert Nikki Stafford, who right now is busy enough for two people, but took time out to record for us! I trust all of Nikki’s opinions on TV shows, and we also have remarkably similar taste in books, so I’ll be adding this one to the TBR right away. Nikki Stafford gives her stamp of approval to Geektastic edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci:
Nikki Stafford? is the author of the acclaimed Finding Lost series of books, complete analytical episode companion guides to every episode of the series. Newsday has referred to Nikki as “one of the show’s leading scholars,” Entertainment Weekly called Nikki a “top-notch” Lost blogger, and superfan DocArzt wrote, “The Finding Lost series is quite simply the best resource for fans.” She has also written companion guides to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, Angel, and Xena: Warrior Princess. Nikki blogs regularly on her site, Nik at Nite and [...]
By JK, on April 29th, 2010 We’ve hit day 29 of our month-long book binge to Keep Toronto Reading. Today we’re heading to the west coast for a recommendation from broadcaster, social media mastermind and Hugh Laurie lookalike Sean Cranbury, who encourages you to get down with your verse-lovin’ self and read Worshipful Company of Fletchers by James Tate:
Sean Cranbury is a writer, broadcaster and social media consultant living in Vancouver. He is the curator and host of Books on the Radio, broadcast on Simon Fraser radio CJSF 90.1 FM. He comes from an independent bookselling and independent publishing background. Sean likes partnering with creative people to co-create cool projects like the BookCamp Vancouver 2009, Advent Book Blog, Eyes of Vancouver Collaborative Fiction, W2 Real Vancouver Writers Series. His most recent project is Summer Publishing TV and it will launch very, very soon.
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There’s only one day left, my friends, so stay tuned for our thrilling conclusion tomorrow!
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