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Book of the Week: Moon of the Crusted Snow
For this week’s Book of the Week we have a book that first came out in 2018, with its sequel just released last year. Call it an anti-dystopia?
Moonshots: Indigenous Comics, Indigenous Voices
On the occasion of the very first Canadian National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, we here at the Butterflies & Aliens Library wondered what we could do to mark this important moment in history.
On the one hand, there is a lot of heavy but important reading and learning to be done. But the thing is, the whole point of the Butterflies & Aliens Library is that books allow us to learn about our fellow humans and the worlds that we all live in.
So in that spirit and in the spirit of reconciliation, we thought we would start by sharing three graphic novels from our collection that we love, that also happen to contain an absolute wealth of stories from Indigenous voices: Moonshot, Volumes 1, 2, and 3.
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.
Small Press Saturday: Goose Lane Editions
To provide a nice homebound and safe distraction from the state of the world, I am super happy to introduce you to the East Coast press, Goose Lane Editions! Goose Lane Editions is an independent press located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. While they are located in the Maritimes, they publish far more than local interest stuff…
Small Press Saturday: Conundrum Press
Happy Saturday!
This week we are heading out to Eastern Canada to meet a small press that has been around since 1996 and has evolved into a well-respected publisher of literary graphic novels – I am happy to introduce you to Conundrum Press!
Small Press Saturday: Portage & Main Press and HighWater Press
Happy Saturday!
It has been a week and this post is coming late in the day, but better late than never. This week less is more – the post is short, but Portage & Main Press and HighWater Press are awesome and do incredible work that you need to check out…
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.
Small Press Saturday: Annick Press
Happy Saturday! It’s Small Press Saturday, the Canadian Children’s Book Week edition!
We are wrapping up our celebration of Canadian Children’s Book Week and I figured it would be a great time to introduce you to Canadian Children’s Publisher Annick Press.
Canadian children’s books are a bit of everything!
Yay, it’s Friday! And even though it has been exciting to celebrate Canadian Children’s Book Week, it’s still Friday and we here at the Butterflies & Aliens Library are feeling it. So for our next-to-last post for the week, we present a bit of a random selection of children’s books by Canadians. But, really, isn’t that part of the beauty of Canadian children’s books? They do include a bit of everything!
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!
