Flash Post: Famed Fashion
Have a wannabe style icon on your shopping list? Consider these four pretty design books that call out the most influential and eye-catching shoes, bags, dresses, and hats of all time.
Merry Brittmas!
Merry Brittmas to all! If you’ve got a spare moment between opening those CGG-sourced gifts this morning, come check out my 10 greatest hits from the past year + find out how to earn two bonus entries into another contest.
Holiday Reads: Fiction Edition
CONTEST ALERT! My favourite fifteen fiction titles are the last on deck this year for the top to-reads to add to your pile. Pick out a few for everyone on your gift list with the handy recommendations I’ve included + you could win 1 of 2 four-book prize packs!
Holiday Reads: Nonfiction Edition
CONTEST ALERT! I’ve picked out 15 of my favourite nonfiction books, all of which are in tune with your giftees’ favourite interests. In other words? There’s something for everyone! Plus you could win 1 of 2 book prize packages.
Holiday Reads: YA Edition
CONTEST ALERT! The first of three holiday book lists are up and this one is all about gripping, heart-ripping YA fiction. Check out fifteen HOT titles plus enter to win some of your own!
Book Report: From Page To Screen
CONTEST ALERT! If you’re one of those folks that needs to read the book before you see the film, then look no further. Introducing three limited-edition, movie tie-in versions of some major literary tomes that are being turned into major movie releases. Plus you could win one of five sets of books!
Find of the Month: Books Are Beautiful
CONTEST ALERT! What’s beautiful and brainy and perfect for gift-giving? How about a reading rainbow of modern classics from Random House of Canada’s amazing new Books Are Beautiful collection? Find out more + how you could win a half-set for yourself!
Flash Post: Sight Unseen
You might look at today’s gift idea and ask why I’m featuring a pile of books. What I’m actually featuring is the thing holding up said pile – Paul Cocksedge’s incredibly simply solution to invisibly displaying your favourite titles.
Book Report: The Casual Vacancy
CONTEST ALERT! Presenting a new feature on the Canadian Gift Guide! Book Reports on the buzziest books of the year – where instead of giving you a straight up review, I’ll answer the five questions probably bouncing around in your head about these super-selling titles. Starting with? What else – JK Rowling’s hotly anticipated debut adult novel, The Casual Vacancy.
Flash Post: Wise Whisky
Make your favourite guy’s favourite drinking experience a little extra special with these two fun books, packed with recommendations from around the globe for diehard whiskey fans.
Celebooks
Celebooks = books written by celebrities. And I’m not talking about biographies or memoirs, but actual works of fiction: from devastating collections of short stories to supernatural romances to a children’s fairy tale, the content runs the gamut from fun and frivolous to stirring and serious.
Mid-Year Must-Reads – Fiction Edition
CONTEST ALERT! It’s our last entry into the Mid-Year Must-Reads edition of the Canadian Gift Guide, and this time I’m highlighting some fiction you’ll flip for. From a cheerleading noir to the cliffs of Mount Everest to an overcrowded lifeboat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, these are books you simply won’t be able to put down, or regret reading.
Mid-Year Must-Reads YA Edition
CONTEST ALERT! Love YA Fiction? Then you’ll love this roundup of the ten most riveting, spellbinding titles from 2012 (so far anyway). Plus, you could win 1 of 2 book prize packages to stock up your to-read pile.
Mid-Year Must Reads: Nonfiction Edition
CONTEST ALERT! Calling all nonfiction readers…I’ve got five of the hottest, most-talked-about pieces of nonfiction released to date, and they should definitely be added to your ‘to-read’ list as of reading this. Plus find out how you could win one of these super exciting books!
Podium Picks
Ready to ring in the Olympics? Look no further to show off your Olympic pride with today’s crazy fun gift ideas designed to put anyone in a sporting mood.
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