Valentine’s Day “Group Love” Staff Post: Who’s Your Fictional Dream Date?
By Literary Traveler staff and interns Who isn’t really into a great character from literature? Who doesn’t remember falling in love (probably for the first time)…
Category: Books
Special Event: “Self-Publishing in 2013 – The Year for Your Novel” with Jennifer Ciotta
Are you an aspiring writer who dreams of being published? Do you have an idea for a novel but just don’t know where to start? …
Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
By Katy Kelleher A novel set in Nazi Germany and narrated by the grim reaper doesn’t sound particularly whimsical, but Markus Zusak makes the task…
Now Entering River Heights
By Amanda Festa Half an hour later she turned into the beautiful country road which wound in and out along the Muskoka River – The…
Gemma Hardy vs. Jane Eyre
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse Margot Livesey’s novel, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, is a bold and brave new adaption of Charlotte Bronte’s much beloved Jane…
Beauty in Madness: Lessons from the Silver Linings Playbook
By Amanda Festa The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the…
The 2013 Literary Fauxscars: And the Nominees are…
After much debate, multiple trips to the movie theater, and frequent log-ins to our Netflix accounts, we have researched our way through classic novels, young…
Movie Review: On the Road
By Wes Newbury A brief reflection on literature, and an even briefer one on the movie, On the Road. Jack Kerouac’s On the Road captured the beat of…
Review of Les Miserables: The Movie
By Jessica Ellen Monk Strictly speaking, Les Misérables is not a Literary Adaption; it’s based on the musical, not the Victor Hugo novel. The story has traveled…
Review of Cosmopolis: The Movie
By Antoinette Weil When I chose to watch Cosmopolis as part of our Literary “Fauxscars” segment, I went in with a clean slate. That is,…