N. J. personal Twitter
- The March Prevention magazine is filled with excellent articles about eating healthy foods. I recommend picking one up.
- Second interview in two days. Weird. But kind of fun. Hmm. What would I want on a desert island? http://bit.ly/b5348O
- I was recently interviewed on the Author Exchange blog. About all sorts of things... http://lindamfaulknertips.blogspot.com/
- My turn on the TWG Authors blog today. My topic: "A Month in the Life of a Scanner." http://twgauthors.blogspot.com/
- Been working on Write! Canada, moving the website content to 3 new sites I've created, helping out while Denise tended to family matters...
- This month, I reverted to old habits & worked on The Word Guild 16 hours a day - much like the first 5-6 years. Hoping to stop this week!
N. J. on writing
- New interview with Hot Apple Cider author M. D. Meyer, who writes about tough issues & aboriginal Canadians. http://hotapplecider.ca/
- An interview with my neighbour, Lorraine O'Donnell Williams, on her new book, Memories of the Beach: Defining Canada. http://tiny.cc/bm2uJ
- When Dr. Brad Burke first came to Write! Canada 6 years ago, he was looking for contacts. Read what happened. http://www.writecanada.org
- Attempt to help people become aware of problems prior to self-publishing a book & asking for marketing help. http://twgauthors.blogspot.com
- Three unpublished writers will win registration to Write! Canada - contest closes March 15th. http://tiny.cc/z1hzv
- New interview with Brian C. Austin, who has 5 poems in Hot Apple Cider. He has a new YA book coming out in March. http://hotapplecider.ca
Archive for January 2009
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New Christian store opening in Toronto
5 Comments · Posted by njlindquist in Bookstores, Cdn Christian bookstores
Faith Family Books and Gifts will be opening soon in Scarborough, Ontario.
To see the text of the complete article from the Quill and Quire, see below.
“A new Christian book retailer rises from R.G. Mitchell’s ashes January 27, 2009 | 6:27 PM | By Danielle Ng-See-Quan
When the Ontario Christian book wholesaler and retailer R.G. Mitchell went into receivership last year, it left a big hole in the faith-based book marketplace. This April, a new retail operation – managed by two former R.G. Mitchell employees – will attempt to fill the void. Faith Family Books and Gifts will be a large – about 12,000 square feet – retail store in Scarborough, stocking Christian books, gift items, and other products. The store will be jointly owned by Larry Willard, publisher of the Pickering, Ontario-based Christian house Castle Quay Books; Kern Kalideen, director of risk management at the Royal Bank of Canada; and Paul Fredericks, president of the Grill-it-Up restaurant chain.
According to Willard, about 50% of the store’s inventory will be books, and about 75% of those books will be Christian-themed. The remaining 25% will be general interest titles….
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A new technique developed by Dr. John Bond, a British inventor, may aid in the solution of thousands of cold case murders. Dr. Bond has found a way to get fingerprints from metal.
Lee Lofland, a veteran police investigator and the author of Howdunit: Police Procedure and Investigation has a blog about it – and the blog is connected to a YouTube video showing the invention and Dr. Bond.
http://www.leelofland.com/wordpress/?p=2475
Dr. James Bond · fingerprinting · fingerprints from guns · Lee Lofland
