National News
Attentive readers,
If you read the papers (and who doesn’t really?), you may have come across an introspective piece on the Small Press Book Fair of Toronto. Our very own Workhorse Todd was interviewed, but the writer took the article in a different direction and Todd’s words of wisdom no longer fit the narrative. But it is still very exciting to see an event that we support so enthusiastically making a splash in the National Post. Our support is so enthusiastic, in fact, that we will be there tomorrow! From 11:00 until 17:00 and beyond! Because we would not dream of leaving without helping to clean up. We’ll have Derek with us from the opening of the doors until about 13:30, at which time Jocelyne will arrive and stay until the doors close. Both will be signing books! Pitouie and You and the Pirates! Why not stop by and chat with your new favourite authors? We promise they would be delighted to see you there!
And if you don’t follow us on Twitter (maybe you should?), you may have missed some treats that have tickled us lately. Like this massive crumbling story by Ryo Shimizu. We can only imagine what an amazing experience it must be to see this in real life rather than in photos on the interwebs. Maybe a trip to Japan is in order. Because there is also this house made of books to see. A whole house of books! Our fondest dream come true!
This is something we came across quite a while ago, but it certainly merits another look. The library is many things, something we have been thinking about a lot after the loss of the library in Slave Lake. A community without a library is just heartbreaking to us. Which is why we were only too happy to donate to the Slave Lake Book Auction, put together by the incredibly industrious Colleen McKie. The auction ended last night, but you can still help the library by going to their Canada Helps page and making a donation. Rebuilding a library is no small task, so if you have a spare dollar or two kicking around, why not help out a bookish endeavour?
