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10 Inspirational Strong Women Quotes

We love strong women, we are strong women, but sometimes we need a little reminder or some inspiration. Here are 10 quotes about strong women by strong women that we love!

Coreena McBurnie

10.02.2020

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Our Favourite Books of 2019

2019 was an absolutely fantastic year for books! This sometimes made it difficult for us here at Callisto Crate to decide which books we selected for our boxes. Here, we’ve compiled a list of our favourite books, including the ones that didn’t make it into our boxes, along with books that our followers have rated as their favourites of the year.

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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2019: A Year of Amazing Books & Artisans

We were so fortunate as to read wonderful books in 2019 and connect with amazing Canadian vendors!

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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Why We Love Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew

There are so many reasons to love Alice Hoffman's The World That We Knew

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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Favourite Quotes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

We love this fantastical book and its curious heroine. This is definitely a strong woman read for any age. In order to celebrate, we’ve compiled a few of our favourite quotes from this beloved, iconic, timeless book.

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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9 Reasons to Buy from Local Artisans

There are so many advantages to shopping locally.

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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Why We Love Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild

Why we chose this interesting Canadian, Indigenous book for our October 2019 box.

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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How Do Authors Fuel Their Creativity?

One of the great pleasures we have here at Callisto Crate is conducting author interviews with amazing and diverse authors, learning more about their books, their writing, and their creative processes. We thought it would be fun to compile the answers to the question: Tell us about your writing process. How do you fuel your writing? This is one of our favourite questions and tells us so much about each author!

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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Violence Against Women in Books

It is important to read about women overcoming terrible obstacles, to see them survive and thrive. Sexism and abuse are the reality for far too many women and writing about it is powerful, cathartic, and shines a vital light in the darkness. There is a socially conscious aspect to women telling their whole story, from the glorious highs to the ugly lows. Callisto Crate passionately believes that is critical to hear these stories, acknowledge the struggles that women face, and support authors who have the courage to write these truths.

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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The Power of Margaret Atwood's The Testaments

The Testaments embodies the type of writing is where we see the power of fiction – this incredible ability to play with ideas, to give us warnings, to foster understanding, and to put a microscope on our own society and behaviour. In this day and age of the #metoo movement and the questioning of human rights, we need books like The Testaments. We need strong women reads to show us both what is possible and as cautionary tales.

Coreena McBurnie

14.01.2020

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