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  1. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 3, Number 1 - February 1978

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1978
  2. Connexions
    Volume 7, Number 3 - July 1982 - Prairie Region/Region des Prairies

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1982
  3. Fiction v nonfiction - English literature's made-up divide
    Fiction v non: an English affliction?

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Some cultures do not distinguish between fiction and nonfiction - and instead talk of 'stories'. Is that a barrier to English-language writers and publishers? Or should they just learn to enjoy telling stories?
  4. The Forgotten World of Communist Bookstores
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Communist bookstores were one of the most important public spaces for radicals in twentieth century America.
  5. Leftwords Festival of Books and Ideas
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    LeftWords is a free public event that celebrates and promotes the work of progressive Canadian and international writers and thinkers whose works appear in books and magazines by Canadian independent publishers.
  6. My life as a bibliophile
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    From school prizes to writing his own novels, the author reflects on his lifelong bibliomania and explains why, despite e-readers and Amazon, he believes the physical book and bookshops will survive.
  7. A novel oasis: why Argentina is the bookshop capital of the world
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Buenos Aires alone has more bookstores per person than any other city in the world - just enough for inquisitive Argentinians to indulge their literary cravings.
  8. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - June 18, 2016
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2016
    This issue of Other Voices features a wide range of issues. The topic of the week is homophobia, the hate that led to 49 deaths in Orlando last week, but which is present in greater or lesser form in every part of the world.
    We are always concerned, not only with what is wrong with the world, but what to do about it.
    This issue carries an excerpt from Umair Mohammed's book 'Confronting Injustice: Social Activism in the Age of Individualism' in which he warns against the pitfalls of individualist and consumer-oriented approaches and argues in favour of collective action to build an effective movement.
    Derrick Jensen considers some of the arguments in favour of pacifism and finds them wanting. He agrees that creative approaches to social change can oftentimes make violence unnecessary, but that sometimes violence is a necessary response to violence.
    Another article looks at the decline of liberation theology, targeted as a threat by both the Vatican and secular power structures.
    Kenan Malik considers the issue of "cultural appropriation" and asks why so many on theso-called left are more interested in criticizing Justin Bieber's hairstyle than in fighting capitalism.
  9. Sources Bookshelf
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2009
    Featuring books and DVDs by Sources member authors.
  10. Twelve of the world's most beautiful bookshops
    Resource Type: Photo/Image/Poster
    Published: 2015
    From an underground carpark in China to a converted theatre in Argentina, take a look at some of the most stunning bookshops around the world.


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