I’m glad to see all the great nominations for the Canadian Weblog Awards. I’m not sure how they’re arrived at, so I’m going to pay closer attention and find out. I have a few that I’d like to nominate myself, in the future!
There’s no specific “Book Blogs” category, which really could have its own niche, given the volume of good book blogs in this country. But there are still several of these blogs that I should check out regularly.
For example, WordGrrls, a writing blog rather than book blog, which I have read in the past and don’t spend nearly enough time with. Then there’s one that I recognized from my Entrecard days, which I used to visit regularly and haven’t been to in a while: Live From Waterloo, essentially a family blog, but about a family that immigrated to Canada from Argentina. Reading Gabriel’s (the father’s) long story about how the family came here, your jaw just drops at what they went through. But they’re here, and loving it, and I’m so glad.
Michael Geist’s blog is the absolute best thing going, when it comes to discussions of copyright, how the law relates to the internet and e-commerce, privacy concerns, social media, government media paranoia, and so on. Do not miss it.
And I am personally pleased to see that a blog I consult almost every day – the Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs blog – has been nominated in the “Business and Career” and “People’s Choice” categories. Way to go, Angela!
We’ve got some great writers in Canada. I need to bookmark that nominations list, and check out those blogs on a regular basis. Go Canada!