Hope to see everyone there!!
Once again this year, Elgin Street Public School (310 Elgin-directly across from Minto Park) will be holding their annual used book sale on: Thursday & Friday, June 16th & 17th 3:00-9:00pm; Saturday, June 18th from 9:00am - 4:00pm; and Sunday, June 19th from 10:00am – 3:00pm Happy Hunting!
Nigel Beale, who’s biblio interviews I’ve posted here before, has recently started an online venture The Literary Tourist. After recently purchasing the Book Hunter Press (publishers of the Used Book Lover’s Guides and owners of a massive online database providing traveling bibliophiles with instant access to info on over 8,000 used bookstores worldwide), Nigel has merged it with his already successful [...]
The Porcupine’s Quill has just released a wonderful new edition of Alice in Wonderland lavishly illustrated with wood engravings by George Walker and with a new introduction by Alberto Manguel. Following in the tradition of the Chesire Cat Press edition published nearly 25 years ago by Bill Poole, George Walker and Joseph Brabant (one of [...]
spring 2011 edition Saturday, June 25, 2011 12 – 5pm Room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre (on Elgin, at 320 Jack Purcell Lane). contact rob at rob_mclennan@hotmail.com to sign up for a table.
Literary Criticism Monographs a new chapbook series from Frog Hollow Press Frog Hollow Press is proud to announce the start of a new series on literary criticism with the simultaneous release of the first two titles: Fatherhood: The Poetry of Wayne Clifford by Shane Neilson (ISBN 978-1-926948-01-0 – 36 pp. – CA$15) Proofs & Equational [...]
Margaret Lock will once again be running her letterpress course this July. I would highly recommend taking it for anyone looking to get a solid understanding of proper printing techniques and design. Details are below: Introduction to Typesetting and Letterpress Printing Workshop 2-3 July, 2011 taught by Margaret Lock, at 231 Johnson Street, Kingston Workshop hours are [...]
Very cool article via BoingBoing on a gentleman who built a beautiful, fully functioning, printing press for the San Francisco International Airport using steel, bamboo, oak, cork, and rope. Check out the full details with plenty of pictures on the artist’s site here. Another great site that I recently just discovered is You Are Not So [...]
One Boy One Van Foundation will be holding its annual Really Big Book Sale on Saturday May 14 at Convent Glen Catholic School, 6212 Jeanne d’Arc Blvd in Orleans, from 9AM to 1PM. A huge selection of very gently used books, CDs, and DVDs, will be available. The One Boy One Van Foundation is a [...]
Hand Papermaking’s 13th Annual Online Auction is taking place April 30 through May 7, 2011 with opening bids are as low as $10. This year’s offerings include rare and unusual books about papermaking, stunning paper artwork, spirit paper, prints and broadsides, raw fiber, studio time, paper clothing, marbled and decorated sheets, historic artifacts, gift items, and more! [...]