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There is nothing as scary as TRUE crime
The scariest stories are often the ones that are true. Pop culture is having a love affair with real darkness, with podcasts and TV series effectively blending entertainment with real-life investigations of some of the most troubling crimes we know of – and many of the crimes...
Author Interviews
How cozy mysteries saved my life (from breast cancer)
I’m Lynn Cahoon, author of the Tourist Trap, Cat Latimer, and coming soon, Farm to Fork mystery series. And full disclosure, I’m a true cozy mystery lover.
Learning to listen – a primer for audiobook newbies
You’d think that getting into audiobooks would be as easy as, well, listening to a story. But even die-hard audio lovers tell us that it may take a book or two to get into the swing of it, to experience what a joyous thing it is to...
Author Interviews
We sat down with top podcasters at this year’s Hot Docs Podcast Festival
Getting the inside out – a chat with Ear Hustle’s Nigel Poor Ear hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, or being nosy, which is likely a dangerous act for those on the inside. Visual artist Nigel Poor looks like the sort of woman who would learn a...
Kobo loves Toronto’s little free libraries
George Sherwood has a great appreciation for literature, so it was an obvious choice for his three adult daughters to pitch in last Christmas and get him his own Little Free Library for the front yard. In case you haven’t spotted one of these gems already, Little...
Author Interviews
The trucking truth – tales of life on the road
Truckers, as it turns out, are among the most avid audiobooks fans in the universe, which makes sense when you think about all the time they spend on the road and how dreary radio can be. So, in a way, “reading” on the road is their secret...
The 7-day challenge: a booklover’s love story
Michael Mabbutt is a devoted booklover who had no reason to read digitally. None at all. That is, until “she” wanted to hit the gym early and the bedside light kept her awake far too late at night. “When I was a young boy I was nicknamed...
The best trucking audiobooks in the world
While the rest of us might hit the highway to get to the job, for many, the highway is the job. Being a trucker means long and lonely hours on the road with nothing but Sirius, CB or CDs for entertainment. Well, until recently. CDLife, a website...
Big Ideas in Books
How to be alone, but not lonely
It’s hard for me to be alone.The very idea of being alone is hard for me to grasp. With a career in PR, being connected and social is something I love. But, I recently realized I am never really at peace. I’m always planning or doing. I never...
Top 10 audiobooks recommended by BookTubers
Ever wondered what the kids are listening to these days? Well, we've turned to some of the top BookTubers and curated a list of their favourite audiobooks. 1. The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer Narrated by Rebecca Soler “I highly recommend checking out these audiobooks if...