As promised, here is the essay I wrote on the Toronto Public Library way back in 1997. I’ve been informed that nothing has changed, except that the catalogue is now driving everyone nuts. ♥ The future looks bleak for the Toronto Public Library (TPL). Its budget has been downsized, users continue to pour in, while…
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Follow the Bouncing Lifeliner
Can you follow the bouncing book? Because I can’t! My marketing guy at iUniverse, with profuse apologies from him and Chapters, told me that Chapters is yanking Lifeliner from the display in the World’s Biggest Bookstore because of a “corporate initiative.” What the heck does that mean? Apparently, it means they need the space for…
The Toronto Public Library Challenges Its Users
I was looking through my old, very old, files to see if there’s anything worthwhile to republish on my website, and I came across a rant I wrote on the Toronto Public Library. I don’t remember writing on the TPL — I only remember writing on cocoa butter, to be honest — and I barely…
A Book Signing Précis
The food was yummy! I was very good while at Mela Café, noshing on only two breaded-eggplant mini-baguette sandwiches, and of course, having a cappuccino; but once home with the few left-over sandwiches in hand, I quickly plunked myself down in front of the Rick Mercer Report and polished off Roberto’s addictive creations, while trying…
Toronto Book Signing: Come One, Come All!
You’re Invited! Shireen Jeejeebhoy, author of LIFELINER: The Judy Taylor Story, will be at Mela Café 7A Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, ON 416-916-0619 Tuesday, February 26th 4:00 to 6:00 PM Mela’s famous yummy nibbles will be served. Stop by and say hello! LIFELINER was awarded Editor’s Choice and Publisher’s Choice and recently featured in Reuters!
Stop the Presses!
Contrary to what I’ve been telling everybody, Lifeliner is not being stocked at Indigo at Bay and Bloor, but at the World’s Biggest Bookstore on Edward Street near Yonge and Dundas. You will find it either on the Hot and New Nonfiction display at the front of the store or upstairs in the Biography section.…
Dr. Homi Feroze Jeejeebhoy, 5 July 1930 to 17 February 2008
I lost my Uncle Homi yesterday. “How do you mean you lost me?” I can hear him asking, as he quickly picks up on the many meanings of that statement. He was always an admirer of the more formal English of India rather than the more casual and sloppy English of Canada and the US…
And The American Midwest Notices Lifeliner Too!
A television station out on the plains of the United States picked up a review of Lifeliner and published it on its website. I’m amazed — as in, just-not-taking-it-in-very-quickly-as-it’s-so-unexpected, in a good way — that a station in Omaha, a city in the US, not Canada, has decided to showcase a review on my book!
Lifeliner Receives National Attention!!!
I may not be getting a dozen roses today, but Reuters gave me something better: national attention!