High school wasn’t the best time in my life, so I don’t often think of it. Yet, when I was recently in search of character names beyond online sources and a baby name book, I turned to a stack of old yearbooks—and took a stroll down memory lane. Long-forgotten...
I’ve never been a sporty type. From lurking (and surreptitiously reading!) in the outfield during a middle school baseball game, to spraining my back when I first attempted a forward roll and huffing and puffing in the gym as classmates ran around me, my lack of...
I’ve collected vintage books since childhood, and you may remember a post from last year, For the Love of Old Books, about that collection. Lately, given several recent “finds”, I’ve been thinking about the untold stories bookplates and inscriptions in...
This week I’m delighted to welcome my British author friend Eva Glyn (who also writes as Jane Cable) to my blog. Eva has a special post for you about what libraries mean to her and how they feature in her recent book, The Croatian Island Library, a moving...
Despite living in Canada, I’m not a winter person. While British friends post photos of snowdrops and green daffodil shoots, I look out my window at snowdrifts knowing it will be almost three months before I see any such signs of spring here. This January has...
