A Synaesthesia Christmas

"No matter who you're buying for this holiday season — Secret Santa, work colleague, book club, family, children, host, neighbour, 'friend of a friend' — books truly are the gifts that keep on giving. [...] Christine Pountney — Sweet Jesus (McClelland & Stewart) — Skyped in with her Lit Wish List: 12 Books That Tell the Truth, and they don't lie! There's sure to be something on this list for the truth-seekers in your life, from current titles to some classics you may already own but might now read again once you've heard Christine's pitches. I particularly love how she talks about remembering the experience of reading a book through her senses, rather than intellect. It's one of the reasons she believes reading is a visual medium, something that inspires us to recall pieces of story as if something we once tasted."
— Julie Wilson, 49th Shelf
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Wish you were here...

May 27 of next year — that's right: "twenty-twelve" — will be here before we know it; and even as these keystrokes are turning into pixelated characters, the Elora Writer's Festival committee is compiling a long list of authors (poets, novelists, biographers, screenwriters, playwrights) for next year's event.
     But we're still open to suggestions.
     Drop us a line: just make a comment below (or go to the "Contact Us" box) and let us know who you would like to see (and hear) on Sunday, May 27, 2012.
     Your wish is our command... maybe.
  
(LIMIT OF THREE WISHES PER CUSTOMER)