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The comprehensive (if I do say so myself) “Best Databases 2013” highlights the best of the new (and newish) database releases. From Library Journal.

There are the LJ equivalents of Paramount and Warner Bros.: high-profile producers of new and classic titles that command our attention and praise. Then there are the database versions of indie films: products from smaller companies that may be introduced with less fanfare but whose excellent content and usability ensure their recognition and popularity.

You don’t have to get married at your local banquet hall, country club, or industrial-chic loft. From Wedding Pride.

Photographers are another excellent resource for information about lesser-known venues.

“I see all kinds of spaces,” says Sofia Negron, who has been shooting weddings and events professionally for 10 years. “I get to see places that may be perfect for a runway fashion show but aren’t your typical wedding venue.”

The casual observer may overlook spots like photo studios, lofts, restaurants, nightclubs, ballrooms, and rooftops, but an established local photographer will know about them — and can help you visualize their potential.

My article for Library Journal spotlights a new program to bring food dehydrators, stand mixers, and yogurt makers to Toronto’s cooks!

Are you keeping your cancer diagnosis a secret? My new article for QualityHealth discusses why this isn’t such a great idea.

Tea is not usually thought of as a harmful beverage. But a few ingredients in this very common brew can be worrisome…

Read the QualityHealth article.

Click the link below for an interview with Michael Cuesta, director of the disturbing indie flick L.I.E.
Interview with L.I.E.’s Michael Cuesta

Click on the link below for an interview with novelist Suzanne Matson on turning fact into fiction. Suzanne Matson’s A Trick of Nature

Click on the link below for an interview with poet and publisher Neil Azevedo about the Zoo Press poetry contest, a collaboration with The Paris Review.
Zoo Press and Paris Review Prize

Click on the link below for the CrimeSpree Magazine review of the latest in the Soho Crime series about South African PI Jade de Jong.

Jassy Mackenzie’s The Fallen

Click on the link below for the CrimeSpree Magazine review of James Lilliefors’s thriller about a shady plot to (literally) clear land in a small African country.

James Lilliefors’s Viral