Lost and Found Books

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I am unable to withstand the gravitational pull of bookstores and anything vintage. I am passionate about art, books, coffee, public radio (CBC), social justice and writing.
July 24, 2017July 24, 2017lostandfoundbooks

Summer reading

February 18, 2017February 18, 2017lostandfoundbooks

Book review: My Dyslexia is my dyslexia (or, five reasons I love this book)

February 12, 2017February 12, 2017lostandfoundbooks

February: Hearts and hibernation

January 21, 2017January 22, 2017lostandfoundbooks

Patrick McGahern Books: Ottawa bookstore steeped in history

December 31, 2016January 1, 2017lostandfoundbooks

My dyslexic journey: one year later

November 16, 2016November 19, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Radical librarians

November 10, 2016November 10, 2016lostandfoundbooks

The legacy of Leonard Cohen

November 6, 2016November 6, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Why I love books

October 10, 2016October 10, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Audrey at Home: Home cooking & happy memories

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Gifts from the sea

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016lostandfoundbooks

In praise of idleness

August 4, 2016August 4, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Summer reading for Olympians #Rio2016

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016lostandfoundbooks

“We had more light to read by”

July 14, 2016July 15, 2016lostandfoundbooks

How a librarian changed my life: Wil Wheaton

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Canada reads…in vintage photos

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Goodnight moon. Hello nightmare. A short film.

June 6, 2016October 27, 2020lostandfoundbooks

Plotting in Cicero’s garden

May 1, 2016May 1, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Let it rain!

April 22, 2016April 23, 2016lostandfoundbooks

world peace, world #bookday

March 6, 2016March 6, 2016lostandfoundbooks

out of the cold…

February 7, 2016February 8, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Imperfect manifesto

December 29, 2015January 7, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Happy new year from the land of snow and hope

December 24, 2015December 24, 2015lostandfoundbooks

the pages were softly turned…

December 18, 2015December 20, 2015lostandfoundbooks

My favorite things: Maira Kalman

December 8, 2015August 30, 2016lostandfoundbooks

I love books. I don’t love reading them.

November 20, 2015January 7, 2016lostandfoundbooks

The love and comfort of #PenguinBooks: A chat with illustrator Alanna Cavanagh

November 10, 2015November 10, 2015lostandfoundbooks

A boy in France

October 31, 2015May 20, 2016lostandfoundbooks

Sunny ways: Literary landmarks of Ottawa

October 24, 2015October 24, 2015lostandfoundbooks

The library at night

October 17, 2015October 17, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Neutrinos are like Timbits: In defence of plain language

October 12, 2015October 14, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Virginia Woolf, Wes Anderson, and the #DayoftheGirl

August 16, 2015August 23, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Cottage of content

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Quebec City: Library Love

July 2, 2015July 3, 2015lostandfoundbooks

8 reasons to be a literary tourist

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Heaven in a wild flower

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Getting to know my neighbours, one story at a time…

February 21, 2015February 22, 2015lostandfoundbooks

let’s pretend it’s summer…

February 10, 2015February 13, 2015lostandfoundbooks

“It’s in the books, Valentine!”

February 2, 2015May 31, 2015lostandfoundbooks

The pleasant land of counterpane

January 27, 2015January 27, 2015lostandfoundbooks

The joy of family reading and the reluctant reader

January 15, 2015May 31, 2015lostandfoundbooks

January…an open book

December 31, 2014June 8, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Ottawa, two months later

December 12, 2014May 31, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Kaleidoscope Kids’ Books: A bookstore to love

December 6, 2014May 31, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Merry Bookmas: Christmas penguins, pledges, puns and picks

November 28, 2014May 31, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Library Love: Ferguson Municipal Public Library

November 25, 2014January 20, 2015lostandfoundbooks

Together on Tuesdays: Black Squirrel Books Take 2

November 17, 2014November 18, 2014lostandfoundbooks

The First Snow: A silence deep and white

November 3, 2014November 3, 2014lostandfoundbooks

Sunday night reflections: Canada Geese, hope and poetry

October 31, 2014October 31, 2014lostandfoundbooks

Boo

October 15, 2014June 15, 2015lostandfoundbooks

To e-read or not to e-read…

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