books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
Welcome back to the Georgia Nicolson Readalong! 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 at any time! You can…
I am super excited to announce that I’ve got a new project here with the wonderful Barb of Rite While U Can! Both of us are big book and mail nerds (obviously) and we wanted to do something that connected the two things as well as connecting others who also love these things. Thus, the…
Guys, The Thousandth Floor is one of the shiniest and most epic books out this fall. It takes place in Manhattan in 2118 where the world revolves around a thousandth-floor building that sits over where Central Park used to be. Five characters are featured in cycling narratives, and they all have something they really want,…
A few months ago I was interviewed about happy mail for Do Craft’s Creativity magazine, which is from England — and now the magazine is here! I had no idea it would be the cover story. I feel super special, especially to be alongside my pen pals, queens of mail, Fab and Andrea. The magazine isn’t…
YA books have become the majority of what I read — I love them for so many reasons: how they tackle tough issues, how they embrace imagination, how gorgeous I find so much of the writing (and covers), the community that surrounds the books, and so on. And besides loving to read them, I love to…
Subscription boxes are still all the rage – especially in paper-based communities! While book ones are ready to take over the world with bookish pride, stationery ones are more quaint and full of crafty possibilities. Remember the Happy Paper Club for example? I recently got a chance to take a look at what’s inside one…
Welcome back to the Georgia Nicolson Readalong! 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 at any time! You can…