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Small Press Saturday: Book*hug Press

Straight up, it has been a hell of a week. My avoidance techniques have included cooking, listening to audiobooks, working, and writing a couple of things for the Butterflies & Aliens Library. Talking about all things bookish is a welcome escape.

This Saturday, I am thrilled to introduce you to Book*hug Press.

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Small Press Saturday: Between The Lines Press

It’s been a week, the mask mandate has been lifted in Alberta, the Calgary Stampede has begun, and Jason Kenney has shuffled the cabinet – needless to say I am in a mood about things. So today is the best day to introduce you to self-proclaimed “proudly left-wing” Between the Lines Press.

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Canada includes the World

For our first post in celebration of Canadian Children’s Book Week 2021, I’ve picked three books (and an accompanying CD!) from my shelves, all by local authors with a global perspective. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from reading Canadian, it’s that reading Canadian is reading the world.

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Africanfuturism goes to Space…

If you’re looking for reading recommendations, look no further than our Butterfly-in-Chief. She lives to put the right book in your hands. So it was that our Head Alien was introduced to Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, with a vehement “You HAVE to read this book!” We now count Binti among our favourite works of speculative fiction, our first introduction to a subgenre of science fiction that Okorafor calls Africanfuturism.

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Toni Morrison’s Birthday

Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio as Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931. She was nothing short of amazing and the world suffered a great loss when she passed away on August 5, 2019.

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Happy I Read Canadian Day 2021!

Today is a day of celebration across our country, a celebration of Canadian books for young people. People across the nation are being challenged to Read Canadian for 15 minutes and to share their experience. We are celebrating by sharing a small photo gallery of some our personal copies of Canadian books for young readers, and a video from Marty Chan!

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Happy Birthday, Alice Walker!

Alice Walker was born on February 9th, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, USA. A writer and poet, she has written seven novels, four collections of short stories, and four children’s books, as well as essays and poetry.