Category Archives: Audience Participation
Can A “Poor Reader” Affect A Love of Books?
There’s an interesting discussion happening over at Fuse #8 today. Betsy asks if it’s possible for “bad readers to affect a love of books.” I’ve enjoyed reading people’s thoughts. What do you think? For the record, here’s my response:
Wherein Julie Is Heavily Influenced By Speech Patterns of Turn-of-the-Century Novels, and Asks A Question of Her Audience
At some point in late elementary school, I read Gene Stratton-Porter’s A Girl of the Limberlost. (After seeing the WonderWorks movie, I’ll admit.*) Every chapter title in the book starts with the word “Wherein…” For example: “WHEREIN ELNORA GOES TO … Continue reading
Filed under Audience Participation, Youth Literature in the Wild
How You Benefit From A Rival’s Success
It’s no secret that creative types are prone to jealousy when their rivals succeed. But, in a recent post on his blog, Cockeyed Caravan, screenwriter Matt Bird argues that spite is the incorrect response. Instead a rival’s success should be … Continue reading
(Review from the author)
I asked earlier if authors should rate their own books in social media and used Goodreads as an example. Now I notice that Goodreads has updated their site’s coding so that reviews from the author are identified (see below, emphasis … Continue reading
Filed under Audience Participation, Musings
Keep Toronto Reading Is Back!
Last year the Toronto Public Library started a fabulous month-long program, Keep Toronto Reading, that encourages readers to recommend their favorite books through video testimonials. This April they’re back and even bigger and better. This year’s theme is “Let Books … Continue reading
Filed under Audience Participation, Field Trip, Klickitat Recommends
