Living in the library world

For days in the fall of forty-nine, St. John’s High had buzzed with rumours about whether or not Torchy Brownstone would be allowed to play ...

R. Ross Annett In the seventh year of the drought, the tractor that had been buried in the soil-blowing of 1932 came unexpectedly to ligh...

What is a short story? By number of words o 6,000 – 8,000 words * Publisher definition • May include many genres o e.g. science fic...

How do writers define the short story? Here’s how some have tried... Edgar Allan Poe “...no longer than can be read in one sitting...” ...

1. You just met an alien from outer space. He/she/it asks what the people who live in Canada are like. Develop a list of five or more adject...

Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is the technique of referring to events (and/or information) in a story before they actually happen. Foreshadow...

Towards a definition of young adult literature Introduction How adolescence has changed Term first appeared in 1905 Puberty is an univer...