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Not A Box

Not A Box by Antoinette Portis.

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Monster, She Wrote

Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson.

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Tallulah: The Tooth Fairy CEO

Tallulah: The Tooth Fairy CEO by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli.

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Horrid

Horrid by Katrina Leno.

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the little world of liz climo

the little world of liz climo by liz climo.

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Shelf Life

Shelf Life by Suzanne Strempek Shea.

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Happy International Women’s Day 2021!

Since this is our library and we can do what we want, we here at the Butterflies & Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities & Rareties are going to celebrate International Women’s Day all week!

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Small Press Saturday: Douglas & McIntyre

We are back in Canada this week and featuring a small press with history and presence in the Canadian publishing scene. I am happy to share about Douglas & McIntyre this week.

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World Book Day 2021

We almost missed this entry on the Bookish Calendar, but in our defence, we kind of thought every day was world book day…

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Audiopuzzling

Audiobooks have been surging in popularity and sales have been increasing for the past eight years. I started listening to them four years ago and ADORE them! Audiobooks have saved my recreational reading and allow me to “read” voraciously before and after putting in full work days. I listen to audiobooks when I take care of household chores and when I am driving. And I have been a casual audiopuzzler for the past two years.

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Small Press Saturday: Fairwood Press

We are travelling south of the Canadian border this week for Small Press Saturday with a look at Fairwood Press. Most of the presses we look at every Saturday will be Canadian, but Patrick Swenson, publisher at Fairwood, is one of the nicest people you will ever meet, and definitely qualifies as an honourary Canadian.

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Some literary collective nouns

We here at the Butterflies & Aliens Library are delighted to be ‘installing’ something every library needs… a bulletin board! (and yes, we’re installing it right next to our card catalogue… because #OldSchool…) And this cartoon by Tom Gauld, author of The Snooty Bookshop, is what got us to finally put up our board…