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Reading on devices may help parents stop the “summer slide”A recent study from a University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) scholar, shows that eReading on tablets may help increase both motivation and reading comprehension among children in middle school who are learning to read...

The Kobo Glo has been a Kobo fan favourite since it launched. Many of our readers like the Kobo Glo for an obvious reason – it keeps the pages of their eBook lite up for easier reading. Most recently, TopTenREVIEWS tested it out and named it one of...

OFFICIAL RULES SPONSORED BY Rakuten Kobo Inc., 135 Liberty St. Suite 101, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M6K 1A7 (the "Sponsor").No purchase necessary to participate in the Contest or receive prizes. CONTEST PERIOD Kobo’s Read More! Read Anywhere! Survey (the “Contest”) submission begins on July 22, 2014 at 10:00:00 a.m...

9 books on everybody’s wish list this seasonWhether romance, mystery, non-fiction, or thriller, nothing goes better with the beach than a great summer read. It’s a tradition as old as the backyard BBQ cookout, a custom celebrated since the dawn of the cottage cocktail. It’s summer reading. And...

Today we say goodbye to an icon.Born Archibald Andrews (1941), “Archie” as he was known to loved ones, was just 17 years old when he was gunned down trying to protect his friend—controversial U.S. Senator Kevin Keller—in a shooting that authorities are calling a hate crime.While details surrounding...

For the last 31 days, The World Cup has dominated the public consciousness. With the top national squads fighting it out for global supremacy and nearly a billion people watching worldwide, no one has been safe from the gravitational pull of the games.Not even readers.To investigate the “World...

The renowned author Margaret Drabble has a number of accolades to her name – she’s written nearly twenty novels (the first, A Summer Bird-Cage, was published in 1963), numerous screenplays, plays, short stories and non-fiction; and is a Dame Commander of the British Empire who should be referred...

After a decade in self-inflicted pop culture purgatory, the horror genre is flourishing once again. From the nation’s small screens, where The Walking Dead and Rosemary’s Baby have become prime time viewing, to Hollywood’s recent spate of spooky remakes (Evil Dead and Carrie just to name a few)...

Whether you’re in your last trimester or a proud new Mother or Father, every new parent wants to know what happens during those first moments when their child enters the world.Kobo and Workman Publishing have teamed up to bring new parents a free eBook short – What to...

Call Jennifer Reeve Fowkes a super-fan.She entered quick off the mark when we announced our “Have tea with Laini Taylor” contest, and ended up being our lucky winner, meeting Laini at the lovely Charlotte Street Hotel in London for high tea and a good chat with the author...