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Holiday reading suggestions from Down Under
The holidays are just days away - if you’re scrambling for last minute gifts, we’re about to give you just 10 (of many!) reasons why an eReader is the perfect gift that keeps on giving. Whether you pick the Kobo Aura ONE that’s inspired by ardent booklovers...
Diary of a Vacation Reader - Greece
Greece has always been on my bucket list. I was inspired to visit Greece while watching the 2004 Olympic Games from afar, and was hypnotized by the beauty of the land of the Greek Gods. I went to Greece alone. Traveling solo might be intimidating for some...
Kobo Staff Picks
Best things I read this year
This year I stopped worrying and embraced the thrill and uncertainty of reading series. In addition to my annual tradition of reading another of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels at some point in the summer (only 1 more to go), I started Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series with...
Recommended Reading
Great audiobooks for the trip to granny’s house
If Christmas carols, satellite radio and games of Eye Spy are wearing thin on the long road trip to Granny’s for the holidays, we have an idea for you, and it is guaranteed to prevent any threats of what happens if you have to pull over to...
Give the perfect eBook this holiday season
Don’t know what to get for the booklover in your life? We’ve got you covered. Kobo Gift Cards are convenient, flexible, and offer the gift of choice—of more than 5 million eBooks and thousands of audiobooks. Kobo Gift Cards can be found at major bookstores and retailers...
Digital reading in the age of 140 characters
These days we’re more connected to everyone, everywhere and everything than we were before. Admit it, once you start scrolling through your Twitter feed it can be hard to stop. Of course, there’s also Facebook, Instagram, your favourite blog and the never ending pile of newsletters in...
Kobo Staff Picks
Living in Alice’s Wonderland
Imagine if you could return home after a long day of work to your very own Wonderland...Bridget van Voorden lounging on her vintage turquoise chair reading Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories by Lewis Carroll and sipping from her Alice mug. For Kobo’s Executive and Legal Assistant...
Author Interviews
The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize – One year later
I was lying on my sofa one evening in April 2016 when I checked my inbox and learned that I was shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Romance for Fury’s Kiss. By that point, I had forgotten that I had even entered, so I jumped off...
Big Ideas in Books
Less is more: The rise of minimalism over materialism
While Mad Men’s Don Draper made a living using this adage to sell everything from cigarettes to lingerie, the rise of the minimalism is proving him wrong.
Author Interviews
David Chariandy and DJ Agile on Brother
We sat down with David Chariandy and DJ Agile, the Toronto hip hop producer who created the mixtape inspired by Chariandy's novel Brother.