Yann Martel (author of Life of Pie (2001), Self (1996)) has recently started a project called:
“What is Stephen Harper Reading“
In one word: awesome.
Someone should be recommending books to our Prime Minister, if nothing else, that means maybe he can discuss something intellectual (insert gawf) about the Arts with some of his cronies, despite the fact [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Not Just A Book List
Posted in news, thoughts n opinions on April 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Hope & Beyond
Posted in libraries, news, thoughts n opinions on April 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I listened to a CBC Radio 1 program called Ideas and their topic tonight was on the recently (as in, the last 30-40 years) coined phrase “Social Entrepreneurship“.
Briefly the show is described by CBC as:
THE KINGS OF PHILANTHROPY
Some have called it the natural fall-out of a hyper-capitalist society — billionaires who’ve made more money from [...]
Truly Amongst Peers
Posted in libraries, traveling on April 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Only at an SLA* event can i say:
“I’m going to Slovenija for a two week course on libraries.”
and receive nods of approval and eyes of envy rather than the regular “are you kidding me-why would anybody do that-i think you’re crazy” shock ‘n surprise.
Happy International Special Libraries Day Everyone!
~Have you hugged a librarian today?~
*FIS friends [...]
