(July 27, 2021) The 700 food banks that dot the map of cities and towns across the country are the go-to vehicle a national children’s literacy program. And a coalition of food banks and literacy groups brought together by the Canadian Children's Literacy Foundation, plan to distribute 150,000 children's books across Canada this summer. Last year they distributed 80,000 books … [Read more...] about Children’s literacy coalition uses food bank distribution power
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Likeness by David Macfarlane: A father’s thoughts of a future without his son
By Gail Picco (July 26, 2021) Likeness: Fathers, sons, a portrait, David Macfarlane, Doubleday Canada, May 18, 2021, 240 pp., $29.95 In Likeness, an achingly sad and sometimes hilarious memoir, David Macfarlane uses a portrait of himself created by preeminent Canadian painter John Hartman as a vehicle to access his memory. The painting is part of a project by … [Read more...] about Likeness by David Macfarlane: A father’s thoughts of a future without his son
Charity email click rates show significant increase in 2020: UK report
(July 21, 2021) The click rates of charity email increased significantly in 2020, according to the UK Data and Direct Marketing Association’s Email Benchmarking Report 2021 released on July 20. UK DMA monitors direct marketing responses across the Finance, Retail, Publishing, Travel, Not-for-Profit and Utilities sectors. While this year's metrics appear to … [Read more...] about Charity email click rates show significant increase in 2020: UK report
On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason made me feel better about climate, ‘if such a thing is possible’
By Kathleen Adamson (July 20, 2021) On Time and Water, Andri Snær Magnason, Biblioasis, March 30, 2021, 240 pp., $24.70 According to Andri Snær Magnason, we need stories. In his excellent book On Time and Water, the award-winning Icelandic fiction author turns his hand to a nonfiction climate change narrative, braiding family memories with scientific reporting and … [Read more...] about On Time and Water by Andri Snær Magnason made me feel better about climate, ‘if such a thing is possible’
The Art of Work in Works of Art
(July 19, 2021) We are, once again, at the start of the work week. But more than that. We just (as in society, all of us together) might be on the edge of the biggest change in work practices since the digital revolution in the 1990s. At a recent editorial meeting we thought it might be a good time to cast our eyes back to the history of the art of work and some of the people … [Read more...] about The Art of Work in Works of Art