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SHAUN SMITH'S SUNDAY SUNDRIES
Submitted by ssmith on May 4, 2014 - 4:10pm
A WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF INTERNET CURIOSITIES FROM THE BOOK WORLD
Duh!
Time reports that reading literature improves your brain.
Ka-ching!
What has the effect of Satanic Verses been on Salman Rushdie's life?
Yum!
The one recipe in this cookbook tells you how to cook the book itself.
Coo!
CBS Morning Live interview brilliant children's author Mo Willems in Paris.
K!
A typo has landed a Turkish journalist in jail for 10 months.
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Shaun Smith is a novelist and an award-winning journalist. His work has appeared in numerous national publications including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, CBC.ca and Quill & Quire. In 2013, his book Magical Narcissism: Selected Writings on Books, Writers, Food, and Chefs was published by Tightrope Books. In 2009, his novel Snakes & Ladders was published by Dundurn. He lives in Toronto, Canada, where he works in the capital markets./a>
