books ~ zines ~ mail ~ crafts
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West, via Hachette Book Group, out now. I didn’t know Lindy West’s work well before I started reading Shrill. I knew she was the woman who wrote an awesome article about being fat at her wedding for the Guardian, and when I heard about the book, I just…
Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety by Ann Y K Choi, 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.] Mother-daughter relationship and cultural background issues intertwine in Ann Y K Choi’s first novel, Kay’s…
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…
Three of my favourite Canadian snail mail goddesses – @dreyray, @omiyage_ca and @ash_is_magical – have teamed up to create the site Pretty Postal and their first project is running a floral mail swap! This is totally my jam. I love seeing creative new snail mail swaps pop up, so you bet I’ve signed up for this! The…
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…
I am a fan of cute things, especially stationery. (No, really?) I don’t tend to veer toooooo kawaii, but this is about a good estimate of where I’ll get to. My new favourite cuties are Sumikko Gurashi, shy little Japanese characters that tuck in corners and stick with each other. Check out this great chart…