Hey everyone, This is a notice to let you know that, when we finally open to the public, we will be observing Ontario’s public health regulations related to the pandemic that are in place at that time. This includes the Ontario-wide mandate to check and ensure seated café guests are fully vaccinated. This will not …
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You guys… we’re so close now. The paint has dried, the kitchen equipment installation is being finalized as we type this, we’ve hired two managers that are drawing up policies and procedures, and we have a house full of boxes just waiting to be unpacked. Our main issue right now is the same thing hitting …
Why, someone asked us, would you decide to become backers of a bookstore/gaming cafe in a not-booming town in Southwestern Ontario?[1] During a pandemic, no less! There are two ways to answer that question. One is practical and down to earth. The other is more abstract. Let’s side aside the practical issues for a moment …
The Godfather: From Mass Market[1] to “Masterpiece”[2] In the late 1930s, a young woman from rural New Brunswick crossed the border to the United States. She was going to Yonkers (near New York City) to work for distant relatives and their acquaintances as a maid of all work. (Marjorie had gone to normal school[3] and …
Earlier, I wrote: Starting next week Turns & Tales will post a write-up of a book or short story that has been adapted to film or TV in an easily accessible form and whose original book/short story in available in e-book and/or audiobook form through one of our affiliates. We hope you enjoy this series …
For many people, their awareness of books is limited to ‘horserace/sports’ coverage or quasi official imprimaturs of value and seriousness. The latter are the books generally assigned in high school and undergraduate courses. These are the books that we are ‘supposed to’ have read and which have an apparently official seal of worth and interpretation. …