Featured YA Book: Skim by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Tamaki Mariko and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books, 2008) Quill & Quire calls Skim"a funny, poignant, memorable drama of navigating adolescence." Author Mariko Tamaki and illustrator...
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Launch for Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
On March 26, writer Mariko Tamaki and illustrator Jillian Tamaki were at Page’s This Is Not A Reading Series at the Gladstone Hotel to discuss their remarkable new graphic novel, Skim, with novelist...
View ArticleThe Danforth Review’s Guide to Toronto Books: Spring 2008
As always, The Danforth Review is filled with all sorts of goodies, including reviews, fiction and a highly enjoyable "YouTube Guide to Canadian Literature." This month, TDR has published "the most...
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Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki (House of Anansi Press) An awesomely written and illustrated book, which also happens to be an award-winner.
View ArticleSkim by Mariko Tamaki and Gillian Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki and Gillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books, 2008) Toronto cousins Mariko and Gillian’s coming-of-age graphic novel is fierce, inspiring and beautifully collaborated. Imagine the angst of Adrian...
View ArticleComics to the Rescue: Comic Writers and Writers Save Literature
I'm sitting in a cafe that used to be an auto garage listening to Interpol, a band that makes me imagine cinematically brutal break-ups in clubs where people are very creative and also very wealthy,...
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Ten Questions with Trilby Kent
Trilby Kent has written for the Canadian national press and publications in Europe and America; her short stories have appeared in such magazines as Mslexia and The African American Review. She now...
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The Verdict Is In: The Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade Revealed
From our friends at Canada Reads:Canada has spoken! You were asked for your nominations for the Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade and did you ever answer. Canadians around the world sent...
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Willow Dawson, Graphic Novelist with the Most-est, Chats with Susan Hughes
All this month, Open Book celebrates the amazing graphic novels and comics published in Ontario. I’d like to add to the hoop-la by introducing you to one very special kid lit graphic novelist, WILLOW...
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