Autumn 2022, In My Stacks (with #MARM plans)

2022-10-24T16:17:18-04:00

As you might guess, many kilometres north now, I’ve found that the weather grows cold more quickly. It was a shock to change the bedding, to the December-Freeze set, at the end of September. To pull the scarves and toques from the closet (but not, quite, mittens and gloves).

Autumn 2022, In My Stacks (with #MARM plans)2022-10-24T16:17:18-04:00

Margaret Atwood Reading Month: #MARM Week Five, 2021

2021-11-30T11:09:53-05:00

A couple of people chose to read Hag-Seed for MARM this year, which reminded me of this discussion (which you can view, alongside) from the 2018 Stratford Festival Forum: In Conversation With Margaret Atwood—“The award-winning Canadian author, essayist, poet and activist returns to the Forum for a candid conversation

Margaret Atwood Reading Month: #MARM Week Five, 20212021-11-30T11:09:53-05:00

Margaret Atwood Reading Month: #MARM Week Four, 2021

2021-11-30T11:12:30-05:00

Have a few minutes and are curious about the book Margaret Atwood wishes she had written herself? Alongside is a recent and short interview but, be warned, she does a better job of deflecting questions than answering them (all in good-humoured fashion). Admittedly, I was drawn to watch for

Margaret Atwood Reading Month: #MARM Week Four, 20212021-11-30T11:12:30-05:00

Margaret Atwood Reading Month: #MARM Week Three, 2021

2021-11-16T14:18:04-05:00

Today, Margaret Atwood turns 82. For those who wish to celebrate her birthday, consider adding a candle to your favourite treat, and watching this video (in the column alongside), when she sat down with Tom Power on her 80th  in 2019. It’s a quick-fix time-travel device, YouTube, isn’t it?

Margaret Atwood Reading Month: #MARM Week Three, 20212021-11-16T14:18:04-05:00

Margaret Atwood Reading Month 2021 #MARM2021

2021-10-31T18:01:16-04:00

As anyone who participates in bookish events online knows, November is an exceptionally busy month for themed reading; if Margaret Atwood had been born in any other month, I’d’ve chosen another, but here we are. And, why choose Margaret Atwood as the subject of a reading event to begin

Margaret Atwood Reading Month 2021 #MARM20212021-10-31T18:01:16-04:00
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