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Kidzone Georgina Public Library appearance

Sep.20.2011
Kidzone Georgina Public Library appearance

I will be reading and signing at th Georgina Public Library tonight at 6:30pm for the Kidzone event! 

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May.15.2013 - 6:52 pm
"Ready Player One" review for Geek Hard
  Words From Beyond: Playing with Virtual Fire (A review of “Ready Player One”) Adira Rotstein | 10 May 2013 | Books | 0 Comments    Ready Player One is one...
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May.15.2013 - 6:44 pm
Why everything you think you know about zombies is wrong...
  On Zombies   I have to say I find the current zombie fad a total turn off for me.  The whole Hollywood-comic book concept of zombies is just ridiculously dumb....
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May.15.2013 - 6:35 pm
There is no magic bullet to "making it as a writer"
  There is no magic bullet. Just write the stories you wish were out there, but aren't. Write what you are passionate about. You have to love your subject and be completely...
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May.09.2013 - 11:25 pm
Review of Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One"
  Playing with Virtual Fire: a review of “Ready Player One” By Adira Rotstein   “Ready Player One” is one of those novels that’s been making the rounds of late at the...
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Comments from Adira

Jan.29.2010 - 2:34 pm
In response to: GAAAAAHHHH!
Historical Documents!
Heh, your comment reminded me of that movie Galaxy Quest. It was so funny. Yah, I'm kind of over the stupid anal...
Jan.03.2010 - 3:31 pm
In response to: Canadian Critique
Hey thanks for writing! 
Hey thanks for writing!  ARe you teaching English abroad?  Lots of Canadians do that, especially in Korea.  It's nice...
Oct.14.2009 - 2:27 am
In response to: Weird London
ah, understanding dawns
Ah, understanding dawns. Pretty much all I previously knew about IRA bombings in London was from the film "The...
Sep.12.2009 - 3:05 am
In response to: Loving London
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Thanks ! I will have to check it out!

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About Adira

Some info about me and my education and experience: I am the Toronto based author of "Little Jane Silver," the first in series of two novels, (so far), featuring the granddaughter of Long John Silver from "Treasure Island." I am also an accomplished...
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Adira’s Favorite Books

I'll add to this, but here are a few for now: Foundation and Empire the Tempest X-men Lyrical Ballads The Mask of Anarchy King Rat 2001: A space odyssey...

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