Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author, Anna Quindlen writes about books:

"It is not simply that we need information, but that we want to savor it, carry it with us, feel the heft of it under our arm. We like the thing itself.
It is not possible that the book is over. Too many people love it so."

~ Passion for Books, Edited by Harold Rabinowitz & Rob Kaplan. Three Rivers Press, 1999.

Highway 3 Just Over the Bridge ~ and coming this way!

Just Over The Bridge ~ Traffic Down to One Lane

Photos taken August 25 (For larger image, please click 3X on photo) ~ Lorna

For the best in Canadian literary fiction 2011 ~

Go to the Scotiabank Giller Prize website. Eligible titles for this year's prize are posted. It is a fascinating posting. Help choose a book for the Longlist which will be announced on September 6.

For a history of the prize founded in 1994 click on "About/The Prize"

http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/

Today ~ Some Semblance of Order with a little help from our friends.

Nicole from Dragonfly Books, Caledonia, put together the classics! Thank you, Nicole.

Is it my imagination or does the bookshop look worse today than yesterday?

When is the Bookshop Opening?

The most asked question! Although the new bookshop will be wonderful, an unplanned move, family events and the sheer complexity of moving inventory and fixtures to a different facility has at times seemed overwhelming. We could not completely give up our summer activities.

Someone helping with the new shelving suggested that our goal of September 1st may be optimistic. Of course that is only a week away and if the bookshop is complete, I will be amazed myself! We will be open when we open. Meanwhile, thank you to those who have stayed in touch by dropping by or emailing. We miss you. We look forward to seeing you.

View From Our Window

Looking west we are now neighbours to The Haldimand Press.


The Haldimand Press (Some will remember it asThe Haldimand Advocate) ~ Hwy 3 Just before you go over the bridge.
We have so much more to tell you about one of the oldest weekly newspapers in Haldimand County.