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My Favourite Picture Books

Posted by Dimitra on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, In : appetizers 
Early this month, I learned that November is Picture Book Month and Picture Book Idea Month. This made me think about my favourite picture books, and two or three titles in particular. I decided to tweet one. And then I thought, Why not tweet a favourite picture book each day of the month? So that's what I've been doing (follow @dimitra_c or see the list, to date, below).

I love picture books. I don't read as many as I used to, particularly a few years ago when I had to review a lot of picture...
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Don't Want To Finish That Book? Go Ahead, Put It Down

Posted by Dimitra on Monday, October 17, 2011, In : meals 
Last week, I returned a non-fiction book to the library that I hadn't finished reading. Earlier this year, I started a novel but put it down, for good, after a couple of chapters. I used to feel bad about doing that. I used to feel as though I had to read a book all the way through to the end, no matter what. Two people convinced me otherwise (though it took a while for their advice to sink in).

The first was my grade 10 geography teacher, Mr. Atkinson (I honestly don't remember his first name...
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What I Bought at Word on the Street Toronto 2011

Posted by Dimitra on Monday, September 26, 2011, In : appetizers 
Local News by Glen Downie (Wolsak and Wynn), because I really enjoyed his first collection of poems

Compositions: Notes on the written word by Naomi Beth Wakan (Wolsak and Wynn), because I like reading about writing more than actually writing (and because I got a free pick when I purchased the above!)

The Thieves of Manhattan by Adam Langer (Spiegel & Grau), an author I've never heard of and a genre I don't read very often, because I heard the salesperson describing it to someone else. Handsel...
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questions and ideas about editing, writing, publishing, and education, inspired in part by my role as Program Chair for the Toronto branch of the Editors' Association of Canada (EAC).
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