I HAVE DISCONTINUED MY WORK AT FAIRSFAIR AND WILL NOT BE POSTING FURTHER BLOGS ON THIS SITE. THE SITE WILL SOON BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I WILL BE TAKING NEW WORK THIS FALL IN THE AREA OF MY Ph.D. AND LITERARY EXPERTISE.
THANK-YOU.
Yvonne
Yvonne Trainer's blog
Yvonne Trainer is a Canadian poet, a lover of books, sometimes a professor, and sometimes an editor.
She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Lethbridge, an M.A. in English / Creative Writing from the University of New Brunswick, and a PhD in Contemporary Literature with a Special Topics Area in Medical Humanities from the University of Manitoba.
Yvonne has published a chapbook and four books of poems, has read poetry and given talks extensively throughout Canada and the United States, once worked as a poetry editor for Canada's oldest literary magazine, The Fiddlehead, and has published in numerous literary journals and anthologies.
She is a full member of the League of Canadian Poets and the Literary Arts Coordinator for Fair's Fair Books "For Book Lovers" Inc., Calgary, Alberta.
25 May 2008 · 12:16 pm · 1 comment
TO THE READERS OF THIS BLOG
12 May 2008 · 7:49 pm · No comments
Laura Best’s article
Laura Best’s contribution to “Women Who Love to Read” has now been uploaded. Go to Book Club and click on it. Then click on “Women Read” to view this article. Laura lives and writes in Nova Scotia, Canada.
3 May 2008 · 9:54 pm · No comments
“BookCrossing.com”
People who subscribe to BookCrossing leave books in places where others might find them. They might leave them in cafes in various parts of the world, on bus benches, in pubs, churches, or anywhere where people gather. They leave a tag in the book. Then readers can find these books, read them and leave them […]
3 May 2008 · 9:53 pm · No comments
A Sanskrit Poet . . .
A Sanskrit poet says, “Jewels are stones, but cannot be found everywhere; the sandal tree is a tree, but does not grow in every forest; as there are many elephants, but only one king elephant, so there are human beings all over the world, but the real human being is rarely to be found.” –from […]