Hello again! This week I’ve got some great stuff in this week’s internet roundup of literary-themed web content: a story about The Little Prince author’s love letters, insight into John Steinbeck’s unpublished werewolf novel, a writer game show, and look at publishing trends. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Love Letters Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince, may have been inspired to write his beloved story by Consuelo Suncin, a Salvadoran artist whom he married in

Hello again, dear readers, and welcome back to Around the Web. This week I’m sharing a study on leisure and reading, a roundtable discussion on adapting books for film, some info on accessible typography, and a love letter to libraries. BookNet’s Canadian Leisure and Reading Study BookNet surveyed 1,253 Canadians about what they did with their free time in 2020, and the results are in. While many respondents reported having more leisure time last year, there wasn’t a signific

Hello, and welcome to Around the Web, our weekly roundup of bookish content from across the wide reaches of the internet. This week, I’ve got a intro to NFTs for books, a look at how libraries are helping their communities during the pandemic, some thoughts on book taste and love, and a list of what the world’s most famous books smell like. NFTs for Books There’s a lot of chatter about NFTs, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain on the internet these days. If you’re unfamiliar wit

Hello again, readers! It’s time for our weekly roundup of bookish news and content from across the internet. This week, I’m sharing some literary history, the longlist for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, a podcast announcement, and some tips for writing in first person. A Productive Dinner Party What do Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde have in common? Both literary icons were commissioned to write stories at a dinner party. The results were The Sign of the Four and

May is teacher appreciation month! Teachers play an important role in several Common Deer Press novels, so we thought we’d check in with a few of our authors and see where the inspiration for their teacher characters came from. Read on to see what they had to say. David Cole, Author of The Math Kids Series Mrs. Gouche was inspired by my third grade teacher, Mrs. Carmichael. She was tough, but in a way that inspired me to do better. I remember her giving me my only D grade - i