The Frugal Student’s Guide to Textbook Shopping
Picture this (actually, you’ve probably experienced this yourself and you don’t even need to imagine it): The textbooks you’ve ordered from the campus bookstore are weeks late, and you still …
Books
Local Publisher Launches Children’s Book on National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
In honour of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on June 21st, Green Bamboo, a local Peterborough publishing company will be launching two newly translated versions of the children’s book Kindness Is… …
Review: The Bridge Between Worlds, Emily Sarah Hean
As a millennial, I am quite familiar with the genre of young-adult (YA) novels and their cinematic adaptations. Ever since the success of the Harry Potter series, countless authors have …
OPIRG Hosts book launch of Yves Engler’s A Propaganda System
OPIRG Peterborough kicked off their first annual Anti-Consumer Week on November 21st with an official book launch of Yves Engler’s new book A Propaganda System in Gzowski College. This book …
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I and II
*Be warned, this review contains spoilers* As a diehard Harry Potter fan, I was ecstatic when I heard the news that there would be an 8th Harry Potter book. I …
Hollywood at Home: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
I avoided this film. Its title screams of eventual heartbreak. Admittedly I’m not one for seeking catharsis in movies. I know many audiences out there do, which is why the …
Books on aging launched to celebrate the Centre for Aging
Two books on aging written by two professors at the Trent Centre for Aging and Society (TCAS) was the highlight as the TCAS opened their new space at Trent University’s …
University bookstores and how to undermine them
As we come to the end of the year, buying schoolbooks is one of the last things on our minds. But thinking ahead to next year, Arthur decided to look …
Platana’s book launch veers between comedy and tragedy
On Thursday 26, local author Janette Platana held the launch of her new collection of short stories, A Token of My Affliction. In the intimate setting of The Theatre on …
A book town waiting for the buyers: Students no longer frequenting local booksellers
“This is a story that happened over a month or so ago. Two university students came in… I thought she had just transferred into Trent but it turns out, first …