Online Study Guides and Resources
Sparknotes -- summaries and analyses of major literary works
Purdue OWL -- resource of guidelines for all stages of the writing process
EasyBib -- a website that creates your bibliography for you
Citation Machine -- a website that creates your bibliography for you (MLA and APA formats).
Super Summary -- a website with multiple literary concepts and definitions
Bookstores
Black Bond Books (multiple locations in the Lower Mainland)
Macleod's Books -- 455 W. Pender St., Vancouver, B.C., V6B 1V2
Village Books & Coffee House -- #130 - 12031 First Ave., Richmond, B.C., V7E 3M1
Other Things That Might Be of Interest
Freedom to Read -- a Canadian group that highlights the history of literary censorship in Canada
Bard on the Beach -- Vacnouver's annual Shakepseare festival (with opportunities for student volunteers ages 16 and older).
GEIST -- Canadian literary magazine, availble in print and online
McSweeney's -- online magazine devoted to all forms of creative writing
"The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens" (Scientific American)
"Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy" (by Julianne Chiaet at Scientific American)
"Editing Mark's Twain's Huckleberry Finn is An Affront to Literature and It's Readers" (by Hillary Kelly at New Republic)
"Power to the Reader" (by Alberto Manguel at GEIST)
"This is Water" (David Foster Wallace) -- 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College.
"A Day at the Park" -- a thoughtful comic strip about our obession with questions and answers.
Book Riot -- a website devoted to all things books: blogs, reviewes, essays, slide shows, and more.
Pod Bean -- free, create-your-own podcast website.
Word Press -- free, create-your-own blog and/or website page.
Wix -- free, create-your own blog website.