Truly, Madly Pizza
August 5, 2015 |
9781623362188 If you love pizza you will love this Rodale book. Author Suzanne Lenzer who worked for many years with New York Times columnist and cookbook author...
Happy BC Day
August 3, 2015 |
Yeah, I know it’s only a thing here, but you should all celebrate having such a beautiful province in your country! Some fun facts about BC for...
Making my presence known
July 31, 2015 |
It’s my premiere blog post for Ampersand and I can’t even describe how excited I am! Two weeks on the job and my bookshelves are already...
Just Give in!
July 30, 2015 |
I hate/love it when this happens, don’t you? The 9 Emotional Stages Of Deciding To Go To Bed Or Keep Reading – Tamara
Heliotropism
July 28, 2015 |
Almost every Saturday in the summer I visit my friend Jenny Spring’s garden. Jenny grows incredible flowers and vegetables on a sunny backyard plot in the heart...
Weekend Fun
July 27, 2015 |
Guess what I did this weekend! Watching fireworks ON A BOAT! Just like this: Except with less T-Pain, sadly. -Ali
Welcome Dani!
July 24, 2015 |
Happy Friday! I would like to introduce you to our new Ampersand account manager, Dani Farmer. She will be taking over my territory when I retire on...
Toronto Gift Fair
July 23, 2015 |
Hello friends! We are getting ready for the Toronto Gift Fair and our office is looking a little rough: It’s okay though, the atmosphere gets us pumped...
Festival Weekend!
July 20, 2015 |
This weekend was the 38th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival, so I was down at Jericho Beach Park ALL weekend, eating whale’s tails, listening to excellent music,...
The Girl Who Could Fly
July 17, 2015 |
Happy Friday! There has been a book on my to-be-read pile for quite some time now and I finally got around to reading it. It is called...
PanAm Games
July 16, 2015 |
Hi guys! It’s PanAm Game time in Toronto and through all of the HOV lane fury there is actually an amazing full party going on in the...
Finally!
July 13, 2015 |
I’m in Halifax and the weather is GLORIOUS! Also, you know: bookfair, awesome booksellers, and lobster! -Ali
The News is Out
July 10, 2015 |
Happy Friday! I don’t know if you’ve heard but the news is out. I will be retiring (early I might add) in August and will be moving...
The Countdown
July 9, 2015 |
Hello friends! I have been wanting to read Erika Swyler’s The Book of Speculation: About a month ago I went on a beach vacation and had asked a...
A Trip to Bountiful
July 7, 2015 |
Yes it’s been hot on the west coast. All our crops are ahead of schedule. The strawberries and cherries are pretty much done which means it’s time...
Too Hot!
July 6, 2015 |
You guys I am DYING! It’s so hot in Vancouver, all I can do is lay around and sweat. It’s gross! -Ali
I am on vacation
July 3, 2015 |
Happy Friday, I’m on vacation so I’ll talk to you next Friday. Have a great weekend! Dot
We’ll always have Paris!
June 30, 2015 |
9781250043153 Last week David Downie and his wife, photographer Alison Harris were in Victoria. Author of A Passion for Paris, just out from St. Martin’s Press, David...
My vacation starts today
June 26, 2015 |
Happy Friday! As of this afternoon I am on vacation for a week. I guess it qualifies as a staycation as I am only going as far...
Six of Crows
June 25, 2015 |
Hi guys! I finished reading Leigh Bardugo. I am not a huge fantasy fan, (please don’t judge). I want to be, but when I see maps in...