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Ten Little Zombies: A Love Story
There lurk some stranger, darker corners here within the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rarities. It is against that backdrop, in honour of the annual day of celebration of love and flower shops that we call Valentine’s Day, that I share one of my favourite books of the love poetry genre, Ten Little Zombies: A Love Story.
Small Press Saturday: Erewhon Books
Happy Small Press Saturday! This week we showcase a small press that has only been around since 2018: Erewhon Books, a small independent Canadian press that focuses on novel-length works of speculative fiction.
A short love letter to libraries…
On the first day of kindergarten I went to school and fell in love. Sunk three steps into the middle of the school’s central atrium, a circular open-concept library formed the literal and figurative heart of Duggan Elementary School in south Edmonton.
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.
Happy Birthday to “The Man who Invented the Future”
Born on this day in 1828, Jules Gabriel Verne is considered by many to be one of the parents of modern day science fiction literature.
Small Press Saturday: Orca Book Publishers
Welcome to Week Six of Small Press Saturday! Today, we get to embrace our inner child and talk about a small Canadian children’s publisher. Say “Hello” to Orca Book Publishers!
Eric Gill’s The Four Gospels
Have I mentioned before that my favourite place at the University of Alberta… one of my five favourite places in the world, in fact… is the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library?
Earl Grey, hot…
What kind of gift do you give a word nerd? How about a metaphor? Or is that an idiom?
Small Press Saturday: The Seventh Terrace
A perfect day to go really small for Small Press Saturday – like micropress small. Meet The Seventh Terrace, a micropress based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, owned and operated by Sarah L. Johnson and Robert Bose, fixtures and disruptors of the Calgary literary scene.
Books and Bricks
On this day back in 1958, Danish carpenter Godtfred Kirk Christiansen submitted his first patent for the original Lego brick, and children of all ages have rejoiced ever since.
Happy Library Shelfie Day 2021!
First declared by the New York Public Library in 2014, Library Shelfie Day gives us another opportunity to celebrate our love of books.
Edith Wharton’s Birthday
Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer, was born on January 24, 1862. She was born into a wealthy family and into a time that discouraged women from aspiring to more than marriage…
