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...
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...
As far back as I can remember, I’ve loved and collected old books, especially those for children. The gorgeous covers. The thick paper, sometimes with foxing (age-related browning). The scent of old binding. The faded inscriptions in elegant cursive writing. Yes,...
My name is Jen, and I have too many books, physical and electronic, in my TBR (to be read) pile! That’s partly because as an author I read widely to learn, improve my writing craft, research topics I’m writing about and keep up-to-date with what’s popular in...
Over the next few days, those of us in Canada, the UK, the United States and other countries mark Remembrance Sunday, Remembrance Day, Armistice Day and Veterans Day. These commemorations emerged following the First World War, when the Armistice agreement was signed...
