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Eat Pray Love ... Travel
by Siobhan
Travel / September 02, 2010
I'm loving this Eat Pray Love -- and TRAVEL! -- display at the McNally Robinson store in Saskatoon.
Also check out Lonely Planet's Eat Pray Love mini-site, with great ideas about travelling to Italy, India and Bali.
Networking for People Who Hate Networking
by Dan
Business & Careers / August 31, 2010
One of the books that everyone was particularly excited about at the Raincoast Fall 2010 sales conference earlier this year was Networking for People who Hate Networking by Devora Zack (I think we could all relate!), and so we were really happy to see Macleans magazine review the book last week:
[Networking for People Who Hate Networking] starts with a reminder to introverts that they process the world differently. Whereas extroverts tend to discover “what they think by discussing their ideas,” introverts process by reflecting and thinking through, even writing down ideas. They shy away from meeting strangers. “If you don’t have the gift for chatter,” she writes, “focus on what you do have, a predisposition to watch and gather data. Tap into your high level of focus, combine deep listening with well-formed questions, and you need never be at a loss for conversation...”
Whereas extroverts dazzle with light banter, introverts excel in the aftermath of meetings and events with thoughtful follow-up. Focus on one or two people you’d like to keep in touch with, and send a personalized note via actual mail, referencing something they said from your introductory conversation. Or, if it’s an email, send an article or link relevant to your conversation. “Being thoughtful is better than just sending information about yourself, which can be perceived as too aggressive,” says Zack. “You’ll make a smashing second impression.”
Devora, who is a recognized expert in the field of leadership development, has also just recorded this new video about the book:
Anna Sui
by Dan
Fashion & Textiles / August 26, 2010
Later this fall, Chronicle Books are publishing the first book to cover the entire scope of fashion icon Anna Sui's 20-year career.
With a shimmering foil-stamped cover and more than 400 photographs, the book celebrates Anna Sui's influence—from her first show that snared the support of supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and Kate Moss, to the role she's played in making the babydoll dress one of fashion's most iconic silhouettes—and gives fans ran access to the designer's creative design process.
In this video, Anna Sui talks about creating the book:
Anna Sui is available in October.
Harry Potter and the Undergraduate Module
by Dan
Harry Potter / August 20, 2010
The Guardian newspaper is reporting that Durham University, England, will be offering a course on Harry Potter this Fall. Apparently around 70 of Durham's undergraduates have already signed up for the module 'Harry Potter and the Age of Illusion', which will be offered for the first time as part of the university's Education Studies BA degree:
Thought to be the first course in the UK focusing on the works of JK Rowling, the module will require undergraduates to set the series "in its social, cultural and educational context and understand some of the reasons for its popularity", and to consider Harry Potter's relevance to today's education system.
Awesome.
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D.I.Y Delicious Book Trailer
by Dan
Food & Drink / August 17, 2010
Check out this jaunty, oh-so-D.I.Y., book trailer for Vanessa Barrington’s D.I.Y. Delicious: Recipes and Ideas for Simple Food From Scratch:
D.I.Y. Delicious is perfect for crafty green types who have graduated from simple weekend jam and baking activities. The book goes beyond pickling and preserving into fermenting, culturing cheese, and brewing sodas and tonics. A total of 75 recipes and more than 50 step-by-step, colour photographs lead the way to stocking a pantry that uses fewer ingredients to make delicious staples at a much lower cost.
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Creative, Inc. Stop Motion!
by Dan
Craft + Design & Typography / August 16, 2010
To celebrate the launch of Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business, authors Joy Deangdeelert Cho and Meg Mateo Ilasco have created this lovely stop motion book trailer:
In the mold of hipster classic Craft, Inc., Creative, Inc. will teach all types of creatives—illustrators, photographers, graphic designers, animators—how to build a successful business doing what they love. Meg and Joy explain everything from creating an outstanding portfolio to navigating the legal issues of starting a business. Accessible and full of practical advice, Creative, Inc. is an essential for anyone ready to strike out on their own.
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KENK humanizes Toronto’s most notorious bike-thief without apologising for him
by Dan
Graphica / August 16, 2010
Canadian author, journalist, activist and blogger Cory Doctorow recently shared his memories of Igor Kenk and his Queen West store in a review of KENK: A Graphic Portrait for Boing Boing:
I've known Igor since I was 18 years old, and truth be told, I found him confusing, likable, maddening, hilarious, charismatic, criminal, and even honourable after his own fashion. The Slovenian entrepreneur and bike-mechanic was a packrat (Kenk implies that he is a pathological hoarder, and I think this fits) and a seamy, rough-and-ready type who seemed to have stepped out of the pages of a Bruce Sterling story. He occupied a succession of shops at the western end of Queen Street in Toronto, long before the neighbourhood became fashionable, back when it was a depressed and seedy little strip in the middle of nowhere.
Read the full review here.
PPZ Movie To Start Shooting Next Year?
by Dan
Fiction + Humour / August 13, 2010
We were very excited around here when we heard whispers last year from our friends at Quirk Books that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was going to be made into a movie. So just imagine our delight when they confirmed that the book was optioned by Natalie Portman, who will produce and star in the film adaptation, and that David O. Russell, who directed and wrote Three Kings and the existential comedy I ♥ Huckabees is writing the script and directing!
Last month at the San Diego Comic-Con, Portman updated MTV on where things are at with the movie:
And if literary mash-ups are your thing, don't forget about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, and the latest Quirk Classic Android Karenina!
Chronicle Book Craft Catalogue
by Dan
Craft / August 12, 2010
You know that all our new and recent catalogues are available to download online, right? Of course you did.
Well, I just wanted to let you know that the Chronicle Books Craft catalogue for Fall 2010—with new books from Amy Butler and Lotta Jansdotter—is now available to download (PDF) at your leisure. Happy crafting!
Modern North Review in Azure
by Dan
Architecture / August 12, 2010
Modern North: Architecture on the Frozen Edge by Julie Decker features buildings located in northern Canada, Scandinavia, and Alaska that exemplify the most compelling possibilities of contemporary architecture in the extreme conditions of the North.
The book was recently reviewed for architecture and design magazine Azure:
How timely to read Julie Decker’s book about building in the Arctic. As oil exploration is accelerating in the North, so too is settlement planning. This fascinating collection of essays explains how indigenous dwellings have informed what the editor calls “new northern architecture.” No one aesthetic defines this type of building: architecture is northern primarily by the way it responds to the North.
And a longer review of Modern North can be found at online architecture magazine Re:Place:
Modern North reveals to us a contemporary response to building in the Arctic, as by necessarily adhering to the climate’s strict functional requirements, these structures represent a new form of architecture which is at once both modern and specific to its context. These projects are themselves works in progress, as their designers continue to evolve in their balance of technological prowess with each firm’s own unique relationship to one of the world’s toughest building sites. Likewise is it accompanied by a sense of awe, certainly by those of us who look to the frozen tundra of the North from the safety of our cities straddling the 49th parallel.
Read more about the book here.
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