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Get Your Words Worth!

April 16, 2009 in bookstore by Kim | 2 comments

storefront20006One of the great side benefits of writing a blog and roaming the Internet world is the terrific people you meet with similar interests.  Several weeks ago, Kelly O’Connor McNees wrote about bookstores she loved, so I asked her to write up her favorite for us.  In the meantime, she landed a book deal and we’ve been cheering for her over here at Bookstore People.  She can’t publicaly release the details about the book, yet, but I’ve heard some and I can’t wait.  It will be published by Amy Einhorn books in 2010.  Kelly also is a freelance editor who helps authors through the submissions process.  To find out more, visit Word Bird Editorial Services.   Here’s her review:

I have only lived in Waterloo, Ontario for about a year and a half. But I know Words Worth Books is a long-time community fixture because it’s one of the first things the locals tell you about when you mention you’re new in town.

Located in the vibrant Uptown neighborhood, Words Worth offers all the benefits Amazon and the chains can’t. The staff members are experienced hand sellers, make excellent recommendations, and cheerfully offer to order hard-to-find books for their customers. The store also fosters community in the neighborhood by involving other local businesses in its Read the rest of this entry »

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Oh, Canadia, We Stand on Guard for Thee

September 2, 2008 in bookstore by Claire | 6 comments

I know, I know, it’s Canada, not Canadia, but on our recent trip there, my teenage son told a funny story about a girl in his class who really thought it WAS “Canadia” because “Canadians live there,” and from then on we referred to the country we were visiting as “Canadia,” until my younger kids appeared to have forgotten the correct pronunciation — which will come back to haunt us one day on some social studies test or another.

While in Canada, we did visit a few bookstores, although I have to admit that we never really had the time or frame of mind to explore any one of them in depth.  And I stupidly didn’t take notes or photos (we didn’t have a real camera with us, having lost two, count ‘em two, over the course of the summer.  One turned up.  The one that belonged to me didn’t.), so forgive the sketchy nature of this blog entry.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Anne of the Island

August 29, 2008 in Literary Event by Claire | 1 comment

When my daughter was born, we knew what we wanted to name her–and I knew what the spelling had to be: Anne with an “e.” I didn’t even know why I felt so certain that the ”e” had to be there–and then this year I reread Anne of Green Gables and it all came back to me. I loved that book, read it a ton of times as a kid, and of course Anne insists that her name is ugly without the “e” at the end.

Because of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables, my daughter spells her name a certain way. That’s power.

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