Along with my book obsession, I also really love writing letters and postcards to people around the world. I've participated in a few different mail swaps, and I was lucky enough to meet my friend Laura through one of them. This is the tale of the day we finally met face to face. 🙂
I am lucky enough to work for a company that gets invited to some pretty amazing bookish events by the big name publishers here in Canada, and to live close enough to attend these events regularly. Lately Penguin Random House has been stepping their "book preview" game up with some really unique and fun events,... Continue Reading →
Elyse and I haven't had a bookish adventure in a while, so we decided to take our chances with another one of the Toronto Public Library's free events. I found an event called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded, which sounded interesting, so we made our way out to Etobicoke with high hopes. Author, David Day reveals... Continue Reading →
This is the first year I have managed to remember about and attend the Word On The Street festival in Toronto. This one day event celebrates books and authors from across Canada. Indies and big publishers have booths all over the place, and book fans flock to panels led by amazing authors discussing their work.... Continue Reading →
Once again Elyse (Just Murrayed) and I took to wandering around Toronto in search of good food and great bookstores. This month's edition of Books & Bites brought us to Toronto's College Street! She Said Boom! Records and Books:Â Unfortunately, everything in Toronto seems to open at 11am on Saturday mornings, so we were far to... Continue Reading →
Welcome to a new feature called Books & Bites! Elyse from Just Murrayed and I love to go out on bookish adventures around Toronto. Since we both also love to blog, we decided to make this a regular thing. Visit her post to see our adventure from her side of the crazy. 😛 Arriving at Union Station, Elyse... Continue Reading →
The Literary Counsellor 