Fiction Writers Review » shopping http://fictionwritersreview.com fiction matters Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Thursday Morning Candy – 826’s Online Stores http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/thursday-morning-candy-826s-online-stores http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/thursday-morning-candy-826s-online-stores#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:00:20 +0000 Celeste Ng http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=19341 To thousands of young students, those three little digits mean one thing: writing. Yesterday, we put the spotlight on the Ministry of Stories in London, so for this week’s Thursday Morning Candy, it seemed only appropriate to showcase a fun way to support the organization that started it all: 826.

For sale in the 826 store. Doesnt every writer need one?

For sale in the 826 store. Doesn't every writer need one?

826 is becoming prominent enough that you might be thinking, “Old news… Heard it!” (For those unfamiliar with 826 and their work, a quick primer can be found on the national organization’s website.) But did you know that the 826 branches sell many of their “products” online?

The Pirate Store (826 Valencia) sells peg-leg sizing charts, designer glass eyes, eyepatches, and bottles of “Scurvy Begone.” The Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. (826 Seattle) offers “Certainty” and “Uncertainty” in convenient bottle form, as well as a canned black hole starter kit, panic buttons, soft fiber garments, and cherry-scented smoke-ring guns. The Boring Store (826 Chicago), which is NOT a secret agent supply store, can hook you up with a banana cell phone, a Barbasol can safe, pencil drumsticks, rear-view sunglasses, and much more.

Motivational postcards from 826

Motivational postcards from 826

Other branches supply everything from time travel supply to superhero equipment to Bigfoot research materials. All the branches sell T-shirts and (even better) collections of writings by 826 students. And, of course, all proceeds go directly to support 826 programs. Next time you’re looking for a writerly gift, or a treat for the kid (or kid at heart) in your life, check out the 826 online stores or the 826 National store and feel good about supporting young writers.

]]> http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/thursday-morning-candy-826s-online-stores/feed 0 Literary Gifts #1: EWN’s Holiday Shopping Guide and more http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/literary-gifts-1-ewns-holiday-shopping-guide-and-more http://fictionwritersreview.com/blog/literary-gifts-1-ewns-holiday-shopping-guide-and-more#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:39:53 +0000 Anne Stameshkin http://fictionwritersreview.com/?p=5735 During this holiday season, many FWR contributors and readers enjoy giving friends and family gifts of the literary variety: novels we know they’d love, subscriptions to lit magazines or journals, a Kindle or Nook, blank notebooks, the perfect pen, novelist-friendly software like Scrivener. Want some inspiration? We’ll be linking to bookish gift ideas throughout the holiday season.

Usually $16.95, Billy Lombardo's novel-in-stories *How to Hold a Woman* is only $10 during Dzanc's Holiday Book Sale

Usually $16.95, Billy Lombardo's novel-in-stories *How to Hold a Woman* is only $10 during Dzanc's Holiday Book Sale

Be sure to visit the Emerging Writers Network frequently over the next month: the site has just kicked off its Holiday Shopping Guide; in the EWN’s most recent newsletter, Dan Wickett tells us the guide will feature numerous posts (at least one a day) from guest-blogging editors and authors recommending literary gifts. Dan also points readers to Dzanc Books’ Holiday Book Sale, which offers most of its list at 10 to 50% off, and he praises Anna Clark’s “Choose Books” shopping guide at the blog Isak.

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