books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending Raincoast Books‘ fall/winter preview for YA and middle grade titles (check out the Twitter feed for lots of coverage – #TeensReadFeed). It was a fun picnic-like gathering of book bloggers, and though the event was actually in Vancouver, we got to Skype in from Toronto. Raincoast is…
Happy birthday to The Paper Trail Diary! It’s been two years since I’ve been writing about books, zines, snail mail and paper crafts, and I’ve loved every minute of it. I so enjoy being able to review books and write about mail projects. I’ve met so many amazing people through blog and social media connections too, which has…
Welcome back to the #GeorgiaNicolsonReadalong with Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas! Quick refresher: in honour of our dearly departed Teen Queen Louise Rennison, I started a readalong so that we could read (or re-read) her classic Georgia Nicolson series. Every three weeks we’ll post about the next book in the series. You’re invited to join in…
How do you read? Do you read one book at a time at a steady pace? Do you read a handful of books at once over a month? Do you marathon through books and take a break for a while? Do you alternate genres or ‘vibes’ of books? Do you prefer e or print or…
Black Apple by Joan Crate, via Simon & Schuster Canada, out now. [I received this book from Simon & Schuster Canada in exchange for an honest review; this did not affect my opinion of the book whatsoever.] When Simon & Schuster emailed me about a new novel called Black Apple about a young aboriginal girl in a residential…
To celebrate National Poetry Month and National Letter Writing Month, I am thrilled to offer this amazing giveaway of activity books courtesy of author Karen Benke! *Three people each copies of Write Back Soon!, which is full of letter writing prompts *One person will get a copy of Rip the Page!, inspiration for creative writing…
Pip pip, I’m back with the second instalment in the Georgia Nicolson series, On the Bright Side, I’m Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God! If you missed me it’s because I took the last few weeks off as I was moving house and that is incredibly time- and brain-consuming. I’m still not fully settled but I’m here…