Farmer’s Market in Pangman, Saskatchewan
There is a Farmer’s Market here in Pangman, Saskatchewan on Saturday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. We have had a table at the Farmer’s Market with a selection of our used books and some of the crafts that I make (knitted dish cloths and baby blankets) as well as some children’s puzzles. Below [...]
Read MoreCanadian Booksellers Association hands out the 2009 Libris Awards
The CBA 2009 Libris Awards were handed out on June 20th. The Libris awards celebrate “outstanding achievement by authors and editors, sales reps and distributors, booksellers and publishers.” Bookseller of the Year Presented in Memory of Roy Britnell, McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto Fiction Book of the Year Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden [...]
Read MoreBen McNally Bookstore’s Summer Reading List
I was reading Open Book Toronto yesterday and came across this article about Ben McNally Bookstore’s Summer Reading List. On June 11th, in Toronto, Ben McNally Books hosted their Summer Reading Presentation. They offered a quick introduction to the best books of the season. Here are some of the Non-Fiction books on their summer reading [...]
Read MoreAlice Munro wins 2009 Man Booker International Prize
On May 27, 2009 Alice Munro won the Man Booker International Prize. The Man Booker International Prize is awarded once every two years. Alice Munro is best known for her short stores and is one of Canada’s most celebrated writers. Alice Munro has written many books, many of which have won Book awards. Dance of [...]
Read MoreElizabeth Strout wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Elizabeth Stout has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel Olive Kitteridge. This novel has thirteen linked tales from Strout which present a penetrating portrait of ordinary coastal Mainers living lives of quiet grief intermingled with flashes of human connection. Other novels by Elizabeth Stout: Amy and Isabelle, Abide with Me, and one [...]
Read MoreSaskatchewan Mystery Writer Gail Bowen!!
I received my Mysteries.ca newsletter the other day and their is an article in it about Gail Bowen accepting an invitation to be the writer in residence at the Toronto Public Library, from May 1 to June 30 this year. Gail Bowen resides in Regina, Saskatchewan and is well known for her Joanne Kilbourn mysteries. [...]
Read MoreExciting News – New Blog Format!!
Exciting news. We have just finished transfering all our blog posts from our old Blogger blog to a new WordPress blog. We hope you like the new look. We have big plans for our new blog. We plan on posting to the blog more frequently about our Book Club selections, newly listed titles, recently sold [...]
Read MoreOur Web Designer interviewed on BloggerTalks
Recently our Web Designer Lee Robertson, operator of LGR Internet Solutions (formerly LGR Computer Services) was interviewed on BloggerTalks about Blogging and SEO. In this interview, they discuss the differences between a blog and a website, why blogs are valued so highly with regards to SEO and more. Blogging is a very popular method of [...]
Read MorePayPal Website Problems Resolved
Further to our post of July 16, 2008, we can now report that the Invoicing problem we were having with PayPal has now been resolved. We can now access our invoice templates as well as create new ones. We would remind our customers that if you have ordered a book from us and have not [...]
Read MorePayPal Website Problems – Again!!
It has been a very frustrating week here at Trylinski Books. We rely on PayPal quite a bit, as many other small internet businesses do, and this week we have been unable to send custom invoices to our customers. Our PayPal Invoice templates will not load and we are unable to create new invoices on [...]
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