Local News by Glen Downie (Wolsak and Wynn), because I really enjoyed his first collection of poems Compositions: Notes on the written wordby 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. Handselling in action... Celebrating Christmas: Christmas Decorations(Creative Teaching Press) and Dr. Seuss's ABC because it's good to have extra kids' books lying around to give away, especially at Christmas
Here's a Little Poem: A very first book of poetry collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrated by Polly Dunbar (Candlewick Press), because I LOVE collections of children's poetry and Candlewick Press DK Children's Illustrated Bible stories retold by Selina Hastings, illustrated by Eric Thomas and Amy Burch, because the price was fantastic and we can always use extra books for Sunday school 5 back issues of different magazines: Spacing, Education Today, Ryerson Review of Journalism (one of my favourites), Alternatives, Muse
two fridge magnets (one to keep, one to give away)
freebies: Canadian Children's Booknews, the magazine of the Canadian Children's Book Centre Great Reads: Kids (Birth–5 and 6–11), lists of books recommended by Toronto Public Library staff
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).
