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3rd Annual Canada Day Blog Hop June 27th to July 1st 2013 Co-hosted by myself, Chrystal of Snowdrop Dreams of Books & Carmel of Rabid Reads ! In honor of Canada's birthday we are having a Canada Day Blog Hop extravaganza! HAPPY CANADA DAY!   Hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend. One lucky commenter is going to win their choice of one of the following:       All by fabulous Canadian authors too! To Enter: - Must be a resident of Canada or the US - No PO Boxes - 18 yrs or older - Have a valid email address a Rafflecopter giveaway

3rd Annual Canada Day Blog Hop June 27th to July 1st 2013 Co-hosted by myself, Chrystal of Snowdrop Dreams of Books & Carmel of Rabid Reads ! In honor of Canada's birthday we are having a Canada Day Blog Hop extravaganza! Each blog will host their own giveaway - Canada themed of course! Giveaway's will run from June 27th to July 1st  As this is a Canadian event, we are asking that all giveaways MUST be open to Canadian Residents!  International giveaways are welcome too! Sign ups will be open until June 24th, 2013 SIGN UP HERE! <a href="http://www.stitchreadcook.com" "img border="0" width="90%" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7311323004_b7e9eb1b8e_q.jpg"/>

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Canada Day Blog Hop! Co-hosted by myself, Chrystal of Snowdrop Dreams of Books and Carmel of Rabid Reads (all fabulous Canadian bloggers!!) We have a great group of Canadian Bloggers taking part again this year.  Everyone will be hosting their own giveaway running from 12:00am on June 28th until 11:59pm on July 1st.  Each blog will have their own set of rules and regulations for their giveaway.  So make sure to check them out before you enter! Now, onto my giveaway for the hop! Rules: 1.  Open to residents of Canada & the US (no PO boxes please!) 2.  Must be 16 years or older to enter the giveaway. 3.  To enter all you have to do is fill out the rafflecopter form! The prize: A SIGNED copy of…. From Genevieve Graham, author of Under the Same Sky , comes a sweeping romantic historical novel of one man’s strange gift and dangerous battles… Dougal MacDonnell, a fierce warrior from the Highlands of Scotland, i...

  The 2nd Annual Canada Day Blog Hop!   Co-hosted by Chrystal (from Snowdrop Dreams of Books ) Carmel (from Rabid Reads ) and myself!   Dates:   June 28th to July 1st 2012   Each blog will host their own giveaway – the only rule is that it must be open to Canadian residents! You are more then welcome to have Canada/US and International giveaways as well! Interesting Canadian facts:   - At 3,855,103 square miles, Canada is the second largest country in the world, behind Russia. - Newfoundland was the first part of Canada to be explored by Europeans. Ironically, it was the last area to become a province, in 1949. - Canada became a country on July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act was passed by the British Parliament. - Canada is known as the home of large animals like the moose and grizzly bear, but it is also home to about 55,000 species of insects and about 11,000 species of mites and spiders. - Many famous authors have come from Canada,...

As part of our Canada Day Blog Hop - I have special guest Tiffany Clare today!! About Tiffany: Deciding that life had far more to offer than a nine to five job, bickering children in the evening and housework of any kind, Tiffany Clare opened up her laptop to rediscover her love of the written word. Tiffany writes historical romances set in the Victorian era for St. Martin’s Press. She lives in Toronto with her ever-patient photographer husband, two mischievous children, a cat that thinks he’s a dog and a dog that thinks she’s human. AT:  Where in Canada do you live?  Tell us what you love about your town or city. TC:  Toronto. I love everything about it. The shops, the easy to use transit system, being in close proximity to everything I need (I don't drive at all, nor do I have any desire to ever get my licence--I think that is a Torontonian mentality). AT:  Who is your favorite Canadian Author? Actor? Artist? TC:  Actor: Ryan Reynol...

In honor of the Canada Day Blog Hop - every day until July 2nd I will have interviews with several amazing Canadian authors!  To start things off today we have Aislinn MacNamara!! About Aislinn: They say that once you reach your forties, you undergo some sort of mid-life crisis. That must have been what happened to Aislinn Macnamara when she finally made up her mind to set down some of the stories that had been accumulating dust in the dark recesses of her brain for years. As space becomes available, other plots and characters have developed the pesky habit of moving in to take their place. Aislinn lives in the wilds of suburbia outside Montreal with her husband and two teenaged daughters. When not writing, she looks for other excuses to neglect the housework, among them knitting, reading and wasting time on the internet in the guise of doing research. She is represented by Sara Megibow of Nelson Literary . AT:   Where in Canada do you live?  Tell us w...

  Ladies and Gentleman!! Welcome to the first annual Canada Day Blog Hop !! Co-hosted by Aislynn of Knit Purl Stitch Read &Cook & Chrystal of Snowdrop Dreams of Books June 29th to July 2nd We have a great group of Canadian Bloggers taking part in this hop.  Everyone will be hosting their own giveaway running from 12:00am on June 29th until 11:59pm on July 2nd.  Each blog will have their own set of rules and regulations for their giveaway.   So make sure to check them out before you enter! Winners will be announced on most blogs on July 3rd. During the hop, Chrystal and I have some interviews with some amazing Canadian Authors as well as some guest posts.  Also participating are some fabulous Canadian Publishers! Make sure to come check these out! Now onto the fun stuff!!  ***************************** I am giving TWO books to one lucky person! Winner will get to select the two books  (by fabulous Canadian authors of course!) ...

Canada Day Blog Hop June 29th to July 2nd Co-hosted by myself & Chrystal of Snowdrop Dreams of Books In honor of Canada's birthday we are having a Canada Day Blog Hop extravaganza! Each blog will host their own giveaway - Canada themed of course! Giveaway's will run from June 29th to July 2nd  As this is a Canadian event, we are asking that all giveaways MUST be open to Canadian Residents! International giveaways are welcome too! Sign ups will be open until June 24th, 2011 ********** Interesting facts about Canada: 1.  Population of Canada is 34.4 Million! 2. Two of the cast members of the Original Star Trek were from Canada - William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and James Doohan (Scotty) 3.  Basketball was invented by a Canadian - Dr. James Naismith in 1861 4.  The highest recorded temperature was 45C (in Saskatchewan in 1937) and the lowest recorded temperature was -63C (in the Yukon in 1947) 5.  The most popular sport in Canada is Ho...

I'm thinking about putting together a Canadian Blog Hop for Canada Day in July. Now I know it's a few months away... Just wanted to see what everyone thought.. or if someone else was already thinking the same thing! I've put a few feelers out on Twitter and got very positive results (HECK YES! and definitely!) So.. Thoughts?  Comments?