So with our Butterfly-in-Chief having launched her countdown of the Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time, we figured our Head Alien – that’s me! – needed a series to motivate some more regular contributions as well. So where she’s started something music and numerical, I’ve chosen something book and alphabetical: a tour of my collection of alphabet books, alphabetically by title…

Since live music opened up again in 2022 after the COVID-19 lockdowns, I have been going to a lot of shows. I went to a lot of live music shows in the 80s and 90s, and I am so so so thrilled to be back out there experiencing music up close and personal on almost a weekly basis…

Not really, but a me with renewed clarity…

Popped in to share a review of one of my favourite new science fiction novels, There Is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM…

I came by the library to write a story about how awesome it was for me and our Butterfly-in-Chief to be at the When Words Collide Festival again this year – which it was! – except I must first once again darken your visit and mine with a tale of the strange and very possibly evil-cursed creativity of L. A. Cunningham…

So it’s been a hot minute since I’ve had time to hang out in the Butterflies & Aliens Library – because [gestures at everything] – but I thought I jump in and share the latest two acquisitions in my dictionary collection…

My latest altered book project came together rather suddenly – inspiration sometimes does strike like lighting, especially when helped along by encouragement from the people around you. But funnily enough, it started from seeing an audiobook…

I wanted to share my latest altered book project, with the usual content warning that this kind of art does involve the disassembly of books! But I finally got around to “finishing” some of the bookshelves at the Butterflies & Aliens Library North…

We’re back today after our unplanned hiatus to share an acquisition from back in January that finally made it off our TBR list… Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao…