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Exciting news: I am throwing my first letter-writing and stationery swap event! And I want you all to come! When: Tuesday, July 14, 6-9 pm Where: Toronto’s First Post Office, 260 Adelaide Street East Come spend an evening with people who love the written word and gettin’ crafty. I will have lots of stationery on hand…
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. Delacorte Press, out now. [I received this book from Random House Canada in exchange for an honest review; this did not affect my opinion of the book whatsoever.] Breathe in for four counts, out for seven. Your body believes the threat is real, Audrey. But the threat isn’t real. Sophie Kinsella has…
This Thursday, the wonderful museum that is the Toronto’s First Post Office is hosting their first Paper Fair! They’re bringing in local stationery designers and authors such as the Q&A Letterbox, Swell Made Co., Gotamago, Sea & Lake, Dreams on Paper, The Imagination Spot, Christina Crook and more to cuddle up and coo about stationery and…
I’m so excited to announce today that I have signed with a literary agent! I will be working with the wonderful Maria Vicente of P.S. Literary, who is responsible for getting Sam Magg’s Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy and Suzanne Sutherland’s Under the Dusty Moon out into the world, to name a couple! I am thrilled to…
Etta & Otto & Russell & James, by Emma Hooper. Hamish Hamilton, out now. [I received this book from Penguin Canada in exchange for an honest review; this did not affect my opinion of the book whatsoever.] Etta – now: elderly wife, early alzheimer’s, restless; then: young schoolteacher, in love with a former student, grieving her sister. Otto…
Three Day Summer, Sarvenaz Tash, Simon & Schuster, 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.] Sex, drugs, rock & roll, baby. That’s what’s on the minds of teenagers Michael and Cora, strangers brought together on the fields…
I’ve loved doing virtual tour posts of my favourite stationery stores in Toronto and a couple other cities. But I want to take it to the next level – I’d love to feature guest posts from you, my fellow stationery-lovers, about other amazing stationery-type stores around the world! Show us where you like to go…