Are you one of those people who are making the most of your social isolation time to get projects done and learn new things? Or are you on the side of feeling pressure and some anxiety when you see those inspirational quotes to be productive? With two young kids at home while also working from... Continue Reading →
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines,... Continue Reading →
Since the birth of film, there has been Shakespeare. While translating his plays into film may have been the high water mark of many careers such as Lord Laurence Olivier and Sir Kenneth Branagh, other actors and directors have felt the urge to interpret The Bard.... Continue Reading →
I'm always surprised that Shakespeare is considered so serious and dull. His comedies are some of most bawdy and farcical works ever written, full of innuendo, gender flips and insults. The tragedies are moving; full of missed opportunities, miscommunication and the misinterpretations that lead inevitably to a tragic end. The histories are most somber, but... Continue Reading →
Local writer and director Lee Chambers has released the first teaser trailer to the movie, based on his hit novel, "The Pineville Heist". We did a great interview with him on the blog and are expecting the movie to be a success. The movie which was shot in and around Thunder Bay and features a... Continue Reading →
In the spirit of the upcoming release of the movie version of Shannon Hale's Austenland, we created a short video exploring some of the world on sequels, re-imaginings, and followups of Austen's work which are available in every genre imaginable. Here are a few of the best (or worst, if you're a Jane Austen purist).... Continue Reading →
The sequel to Stephen King's novel "The Shining" will be released on September 24th. The book is called "Doctor Sleep", and we have it available for hold if your tastes run to the dark and macabre. The story features Danny Torrance grown and something has followed him. The novel features the now middle-aged Dan Torrance... Continue Reading →
Cloud Atlas had been on my to-read list for some time and when the movie came out, it instantly got bumped up to my read-right-away list. It’s a great book, but a bit of a flop at the same time. It’s great in that I thoroughly enjoyed reading it as it was imaginative, fascinating, and... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICjVqeKw10g Haruki Murakami may well be my new favourite author. I recently read The Wind-up Bird Chronicle and was absolutely mesmerised. It is available through our Inter-library Loan service, but you'll find IQ84 and many others on our shelves. Murakami is a Japanese author, and if you like deep, well-thought out, odd stories, then you'll... Continue Reading →
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