blogging – Nico Mara-McKay

New CWILA Linkage

By Nico Mara-McKay | Thursday, 7 November 2013 | 1 minute of reading

It’s been a while since I last provided an update on Linkage, the links column I run on CWILA’s blog, and I’ve got a bunch of new stuff to share.

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Sochi 2014 article for Shameless

By Nico Mara-McKay | Monday, 12 August 2013 | 1 minute of reading

I recently volunteered for Shameless‘s roster of occasional bloggers and I’ve just contributed my first post. It touches on Russia’s LGBQT rights problems, and problems within the International Olympics Committee itself; namely, the regulations restricting the competition of women and and trans people. You can read it here.

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Reminder: Google Reader closing down July 1st, 2013

By Nico Mara-McKay | Tuesday, 18 June 2013 | 1 minute of reading

For those of you subscribed to the RSS feed and who currently use Google Reader, this is just a reminder that Google Reader will be closing down on July 1st, 2013. There are quite a few other readers out there. Among the most popular free alternatives are Feedly and The Old Reader. The Search Engine Journal has

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Elfin’ at the Advent Book Blog

By Nico Mara-McKay | Monday, 5 December 2011 | 1 minute of reading

The Advent Book Blog is a which runs from December 1st through the 25th. It’s run by Books on the Radio and Book Madam, and it’s now in its third year. It offers reader-sourced recommendations – ad-free. I’ve just recommended The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern (click here to find out why). If you’re interested in sending

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Nine years of blogging

By Nico Mara-McKay | Friday, 16 April 2010 | 3 minutes of reading

It occurred on the weekend that I’ve been blogging for nine years this April. Which is this month. April 16th to be exact. Which is today. I’m having a Keanu moment here. ((Whoa.)) Ancient History to me I first started blogging on April 16th, 2000. After a couple of friends joined LiveJournal, I did too. It was

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5 Book Blogs You Should Be Reading

By Nico Mara-McKay | Tuesday, 9 March 2010 | 2 minutes of reading

There are hundreds of literary blogs out there and I subscribe to several dozen of them, but recently I’ve pared down my RSS subscriptions again, and thought I’d share five of my favourites. So I present to you, in no particular order: 1. Bookninja George Murray posts several times a day, commenting on the latest in book news, reviews and miscellanea with

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