http://www.whatsinaword.net/ Words are everything. Without words where would we be? Like the Bee Gees sang "words are all I have to take your heart away." en Wed, 28 May 2008 23:20:00 GMT Wed, 28 May 2008 23:20:00 GMT info@whatsinaword.net info@whatsinaword.net http://www.whatsinaword.net/images/whatinaword1.jpg http://www.whatsinaword.net/ http://www.whatsinaword.net/21st-annual-trillium-book-award-finalists/ Canada has produced some of the best and most successful writers in the world. In order to encourage Canadian authors, there are many book awards. The most recent to announce... http://www.whatsinaword.net/21st-annual-trillium-book-award-finalists/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/21st-annual-trillium-book-award-finalists/ Wed, 28 May 2008 23:20:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/ola-forest-of-reading-festival-of-trees-awards-winners-2008/ The following awards have been presented by the Ontario Library Association: White Pine Award From the OLA website: The White Pine Award(tm) reading program offers high school-aged teens at all... http://www.whatsinaword.net/ola-forest-of-reading-festival-of-trees-awards-winners-2008/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/ola-forest-of-reading-festival-of-trees-awards-winners-2008/ Tue, 27 May 2008 21:35:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/poetry-friday/ Today is Poetry Friday. Bloggers worldwide post poems on their blogs to highlight the fact that people are not reading enough poetry these days. My contribution to Poetry Friday is... http://www.whatsinaword.net/poetry-friday/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/poetry-friday/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:20:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/and-the-winner-is/ The winner of the Charles Taylor Prize has been announced. I blogged about the nominations in January, you can read that post here. It is John A.: The Man Who... http://www.whatsinaword.net/and-the-winner-is/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/and-the-winner-is/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/its-not-looser-loser/ Of all the grammatical/spelling errors I see, the loose/lose one drives me to distraction. It seems that very few people these days, can tell the difference. I used to think... http://www.whatsinaword.net/its-not-looser-loser/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/its-not-looser-loser/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:51:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/sunday-diversions-etymologic-game/ This game is, according to the web site, "the toughest etymology (word origin) game on the Web." I played it and, yes, it is hard. It's also educational and I... http://www.whatsinaword.net/sunday-diversions-etymologic-game/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/sunday-diversions-etymologic-game/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:00:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/freedom-to-read/ Next week is Freedom to Read week in Canada. Freedom to Read week is meant to highlight the cause of intellectual freedom and to give some coverage to those books... http://www.whatsinaword.net/freedom-to-read/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/freedom-to-read/ Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:55:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/white-elephant/ I was watching a 1970s sitcom on TV and the term "white elephant" came up. Okay, it was The Ropers if you need to know, spinoff from Three's Company. Anyway... http://www.whatsinaword.net/white-elephant/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/white-elephant/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:55:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/library-thing/ I've been a member of Library Thing for about 2 years now and just became a lifetime member tonight. It is a site that allows you to catalogue your books... http://www.whatsinaword.net/library-thing/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/library-thing/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:39:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/harpercollins-to-offer-free-books-on-their-website/ HarperCollins is now offering free electronic versions of some of their books on their website. According to the New York Times: "Starting Monday, readers who log on to www.harpercollins.com will... http://www.whatsinaword.net/harpercollins-to-offer-free-books-on-their-website/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/harpercollins-to-offer-free-books-on-their-website/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:18:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/sunday-funny/ This is what Internet-speak might lead to: http://www.whatsinaword.net/sunday-funny/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/sunday-funny/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:42:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/crosswords/ I've recently gotten interesting in doing crosswords again. In the past, I was a crossword puzzle fanatic. I went though books and books of crossword puzzles. There used to be... http://www.whatsinaword.net/crosswords/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/crosswords/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:36:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/words/ This has long been a favourite song of mine. The lyrics touched me deeply the first time I heard them and they still do, especially the chorus. Words by The... http://www.whatsinaword.net/words/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/words/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:01:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/songs-for-a-sunday/ I got an idea today to find as many pop/rock songs with the word "Sunday" in the title. The first section are songs that I actually remember hearing. This is... http://www.whatsinaword.net/songs-for-a-sunday/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/songs-for-a-sunday/ Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:52:00 GMT http://www.whatsinaword.net/jabberwocky/ This is one of my favourite poems. I'm not a huge fan of poetry but once in a while something catches my eye. Do you have a favourite poem? Jabberwocky... http://www.whatsinaword.net/jabberwocky/#comments http://www.whatsinaword.net/jabberwocky/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:32:00 GMT