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Time Travelling with Rare Print Materials
So back in January my fellow student staffer at Bruce Peel Special Collections, Michaela Morrow, and I had the privilege and delight to lead a Peel Workshop of our own design, titled Time Travelling with Rare Print Materials. Basically it was a chance for us to pull an absolute treasure trove of materials from the collection, share them with friends and patrons, and – perhaps the biggest bonus to me – spend some extra time studying them ourselves.
And what a trove it was…
Meet Annette Whipple!
Groundhog Day has come and gone and here we are on Valentine’s Day sharing some book love in our latest BALLER Profile! Every Wednesday you can look forward to reading interviews with authors, publishing professionals, library people, readers, and more.
This week it is my pleasure to introduce you to Annette Whipple!
Book of the Week: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
This week’s Book of the Week has already gotten a bit of coverage, but I decided I wanted to make it my pick anyways. In the spirit of romance and friendship for V/Palentine’s Week – and because it features a bookstore!…
An ever widening path of destruction…
…but also a path of creation?
Today I want to share about an altered book that I did not personally alter but for which I am nonetheless somewhat to blame… a book being altered because I gave someone the idea to.…
Book of the Week: The Melting Queen by Bruce Cinnamon
This week’s Book of the Week is not quite as recent but it’s a good one well worth sharing…
Meet Mika Burns!
Welcome to our latest BALLER Profile! Every Wednesday you can look forward to reading interviews with authors, publishing professionals, library people, readers, and more. This week it is my pleasure to introduce you to Mika Burns!
Book of the Week: The Three Little Tardigrades by Sandra Fay
This week’s Book of the Week is my turn to share a picture book, and it’s a new favourite of mine: The Three Little Tardigrades: A Slightly Scientific Fairy Tale, written and illustrated by Sandra Fay, designed by Gene Vosough, and published just days ago by Henry Holt & Company…
Meet Jennifer Windsor!
Welcome to our latest BALLER Profile! This week it is my pleasure to introduce you to my friend, designer and writer and all around wonderful human, Jennifer Windsor…
Book of the Week: The Compendium of Srem by F. Paul Wilson
It’s Monday and time for a new Butterflies & Aliens Library Book of the Week!
Last year when I was in Houston in October of 2023, I stopped by a lovely independent bookstore called Murder By The Book. They are a specialty bookstore that focuses on mystery and crime books.
And this weird little book caught my eye, so I bought it.
Meet Joan Marie Galat!
We hope you all are staying warm and welcome to a new instalment of BALLER Profiles!
Every Wednesday you can look forward to reading interviews with authors, publishing professionals, library people, readers, and more. This week we meet multi-talented and prolific author Joan Marie Galat…
Book of the Week: Pockets by Hannah Carlson
For our second (and my first!) Book of the Week, I’ve got a selection unusual for me not only for the genre and topic, but also the format. Introducing Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close written by Hannah Carlson and narrated by Stephanie Cannon… yeah, I read this as an audiobook…
Meet Dana Church!
Welcome to the first instalment of BALLER Profiles! Every Wednesday, the Butterflies and Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities and Rarities will bring you interviews with interesting people in the bookish world.
To kick things off, we are thrilled to interview author Dana L. Church!
