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HarperCollins Canada's New Pop Culture Newsletter

Monday, Aug 20, 2007 at 6:19pm

HarperCollins Canada is launching their "Pop Culture" email newsletter with a contest. Subscribe to their newsletter and you could win a "Pop Culture Prize Pack" consisting of one signed copy of Warren Ellis' new book, Crooked Little Vein as well as a limited Crooked Little Vein t-shirt! Also included in the pack is Neil Gaiman's Stardust, Scott McCloud's Making Comics, Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union and My Dead Girlfriend by Eric Wight.

If you're worried about spam, don't be- the newsletter is actually quite informative for pop-culture vultures. So, even if it is clever marketing, it's clever because its pretty good.

Categories: buzz, Fun, websites, Book Clubs, Contests and Giveaways

Peanuts, by Charles Bukowski

Thursday, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:47am

It might be silly, but it's really well done, covering several aspects of both Bukowski's prose and poetry and Schulz's recurring themes.

“You’re a real piece of work,” said Charlie. “You stupid dog, you get invited out every night, stay out till all hours, come home when you please. It’s enough to drive me crazy. You don’t care a lick about me, cooped up in my shack drinking alone all night.”

The dog finished his supper and disappeared into the doghouse. A minute later, he walked out wearing a leather jacket and dark glasses and padded right past Branaski and out the gate.

“You ungrateful son of a bitch. I oughta let you starve.”

Those who find Bukowski offensive may not want to follow the link.

Categories: Fun

Too Good to Pass Up.

Tuesday, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:38am

You just can't escape Harry Potter at the moment.

Categories: buzz, Fun, SciFi & Fantasy

What Fun!

Monday, Jul 23, 2007 at 4:57pm

Whichbook.net is a new way to find books to read:

Instead of starting from the overwhelming choice of books available, whichbook starts from the reader and enables each individual to build the elements of that elusive 'good read' we are all looking for but don't quite know how to define.

Basically, you use a bunch of description sliders, and it generates a likely list of books. It's based on records from public libraries in the U.K. Canadian availability will vary.

Via Beckyb.

Categories: Fun, websites

How to Write the Great American Novel

Wednesday, Jul 11, 2007 at 2:31pm

This YouTube bit is being passed around the bookweb today.

I have a feeling that the Canadian equivalent would be a montage of sweeping landscapes and a narrator speaking a total of 8 sentences over the course of half an hour.

Categories: Fun
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