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Winston Pei (he/they/il/iel)

@blackriders.com

Book nerd, design fanatic, free range librarian, rookie book artist, musician, tech geek, bookseller, AFOL, professional generalist, and ridiculously proud parent. More at https://butterfliesandaliens.com and https://blackriders.com

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27.02.2026 16:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Some of the latest additions to the stacks over at @butterfliesandaliens.com

#books #music #libraries #heavymetal #alphabetica

09.02.2026 01:04 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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So our Butterfly-in-Chief over at the Butterflies & Aliens Library is starting up something new for 2026! Libraries are about more than just books!

#libraries #music #heavymetal

www.butterfliesandaliens.com/stacks/and-n...

22.01.2026 19:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Close up picture of a hand holding a red mug shaped like an apple, including a red lid with a green stem and leaf, but it’s no regular apple… nay, it’s a Richard Scarry Apple Car with two wheels protruding off the bottom of the Apple, two silver headlights above the wheels, and a large orange-coloured window in which can be seen Lowly the Worm in his signature green hat, red bow tie, blue shirt, green pants, and, most critically, the other end of his worm self wearing a red shoe while wrapped around a stick shift or control stick of some kind.

Close up picture of a hand holding a red mug shaped like an apple, including a red lid with a green stem and leaf, but it’s no regular apple… nay, it’s a Richard Scarry Apple Car with two wheels protruding off the bottom of the Apple, two silver headlights above the wheels, and a large orange-coloured window in which can be seen Lowly the Worm in his signature green hat, red bow tie, blue shirt, green pants, and, most critically, the other end of his worm self wearing a red shoe while wrapped around a stick shift or control stick of some kind.

I don’t know who needs to know this, but this is how Lowly the Worm drives his Apple Car…

Mug available at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social !!!

#YEG #Bookstore #RichardScarry

26.11.2025 02:47 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
La photo montre une personne souriante vêtue d'un haut blanc et portant un cordon vert, debout devant une bannière vert foncé arborant le logo de l'Université de l'Alberta en blanc, entre deux colonnes de ballons verts, dorés et blancs. Picture shows a smiling person in a white top and a green lanyard standing in front of a dark green banner featuring the French logo of the University of Alberta in white, displayed between two columns of green, gold, and white balloons.

La photo montre une personne souriante vêtue d'un haut blanc et portant un cordon vert, debout devant une bannière vert foncé arborant le logo de l'Université de l'Alberta en blanc, entre deux colonnes de ballons verts, dorés et blancs. Picture shows a smiling person in a white top and a green lanyard standing in front of a dark green banner featuring the French logo of the University of Alberta in white, displayed between two columns of green, gold, and white balloons.

C’est la Collation des grades d’automne à l’Université de l’Alberta ! It’s Fall Convocation at the University of Alberta!

Félicitations à notre classe finissante du Campus Saint-Jean ! And congratulations to the grads and now fellow alums of the School of Library and Information Studies!

19.11.2025 19:12 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How to turn your bookshelves into a wilderness preserve And why

Some excellent food for thought and perspective from @thomaswharton.bsky.social : open.substack.com/pub/thomaswh...

06.11.2025 20:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top holding up a copy of “I Find Your Lack of Candy Disturbing: Halloween Greetings from a Galaxy Far, Far Away…” by Jeffrey Brown in front of his face while standing in front of the staff choices shelves and the rest of the main floor of Audreys Books in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Picture of a bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top holding up a copy of “I Find Your Lack of Candy Disturbing: Halloween Greetings from a Galaxy Far, Far Away…” by Jeffrey Brown in front of his face while standing in front of the staff choices shelves and the rest of the main floor of Audreys Books in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

In honour of hanging out at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social this Halloween week, and also tonight and tomorrow night’s #StarWars concerts with the @edmontonsymphony.bsky.social, a little something from our window display…

#YEG #Books #Halloween #ShopIndie #ShopLocal

28.10.2025 20:40 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I did a thing!

If you're at all interested in #OpenEducationalResources #OpenPedagogy and/or #OpenEducationalPractices you're invited to check "Open Pedagogy from Creation to Dissemination: Student Engagement in Open Textbook Publication": doi.org/10.31274/joe...

27.10.2025 17:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image is of the bottom two shelves of a shelving unit made out of dark wood, one labelled “Words, Grammar & The Writing Life,” with a bookseller in glasses peering in sideways from the left side of the photo because they were lying on the carpetted floor while taking the picture. Visible book covers include “The Language-Lovers Lexipedia,” “The Mother Tongue,” “Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian,” “enough is enuf: our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell,” “What Language Is (and What it Isn’t and What it Could Be),” “Book Indexing: A Step-by-Step Guide,” “Semicolon,” “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” by Salman Rushdie, and “Promote Your Book Workbook.”

Image is of the bottom two shelves of a shelving unit made out of dark wood, one labelled “Words, Grammar & The Writing Life,” with a bookseller in glasses peering in sideways from the left side of the photo because they were lying on the carpetted floor while taking the picture. Visible book covers include “The Language-Lovers Lexipedia,” “The Mother Tongue,” “Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian,” “enough is enuf: our failed attempts to make English eezier to spell,” “What Language Is (and What it Isn’t and What it Could Be),” “Book Indexing: A Step-by-Step Guide,” “Semicolon,” “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” by Salman Rushdie, and “Promote Your Book Workbook.”

Spending the day at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social — we’re open noon to 5 Sundays! — and figured I’d share another #BottomShelfie of our sometimes overlooked selections. Today it’s from one of our “Unusual” shelves!

Come by or drop us a line if anything is of interest!

#YEG #Bookstores #ShopIndie

12.10.2025 19:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of my ID badge for the Stronger Together Library Conference! Proud to be representing Campus Saint-Jean here!

Picture of my ID badge for the Stronger Together Library Conference! Proud to be representing Campus Saint-Jean here!

Spending today and tomorrow at Alberta’s Stronger Together Library Conference and what a critical time for this work. Just listened to our first keynote from @caulfieldtim.bsky.social and I am heartened. #CheckYourCitations #ScienceUpFirst #ScienceMatters

08.10.2025 16:09 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Picture of a bookseller with glasses and a dark orange top crouching beside a chalk sandwich board in front of Audreys Books in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The sandwich board reads “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead” above the burgundy Audreys logo.

Picture of a bookseller with glasses and a dark orange top crouching beside a chalk sandwich board in front of Audreys Books in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The sandwich board reads “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead” above the burgundy Audreys logo.

Picture of the front cover of “Wolf, Moon, Dog” by Thomas Wharton, displayed on top of a pile of copies of the book. The cover features the title in blue all-caps lettering along the top of the cover, above a painting of a white dog with round black markings around their eyes looking in from the left side of the cover in front of a countryside landscape, and the author’s name in white all caps lettering along the bottom.

Picture of the front cover of “Wolf, Moon, Dog” by Thomas Wharton, displayed on top of a pile of copies of the book. The cover features the title in blue all-caps lettering along the top of the cover, above a painting of a white dog with round black markings around their eyes looking in from the left side of the cover in front of a countryside landscape, and the author’s name in white all caps lettering along the bottom.

Another pile of Thomas Wharton’s “Wolf, Moon, Dog” on the front desk of Audreys Books.

Another pile of Thomas Wharton’s “Wolf, Moon, Dog” on the front desk of Audreys Books.

A whole shelf of “Wolf, Moon, Dog” by Thomas Wharton on the new fiction shelf at Audreys Books.

A whole shelf of “Wolf, Moon, Dog” by Thomas Wharton on the new fiction shelf at Audreys Books.

Never a bad day to be at the bookstore but today, right now, seems especially important. I’m at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social today until around 9 pm to celebrate the launch of Tom Wharton’s new book “Wolf, Moon, Dog” and do my part to keep sharing and spreading ideas and stories…

#YEG #books

07.10.2025 21:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture shows an excited bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top peering over the top edge of a copy of « Physics for Cats » by Tom Gauld, featuring a purple cover with a black spine and cartoon of an abstract 3D shape with several black cats walking along its edges. Book and bookseller are in front of a dark wood shelf full of books under a sign that reads « Unusual ».

Picture shows an excited bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top peering over the top edge of a copy of « Physics for Cats » by Tom Gauld, featuring a purple cover with a black spine and cartoon of an abstract 3D shape with several black cats walking along its edges. Book and bookseller are in front of a dark wood shelf full of books under a sign that reads « Unusual ».

Latest pre-order is in! I’ve got my copy of « Physics for Cats » by @tomgauld.bsky.social ! And we’ve got three more in store at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social !

I’m hanging around until close at 5 today (it’s Sunday September 28!) so come on by and say hi!

#YEG #Books #Science #ShopLocal #ShopIndie

28.09.2025 18:24 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxManchester
The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxManchester YouTube video by TEDx Talks

Needed this reminder today, and so do you. Yes, you. Thank you @inspiredtowrite.bsky.social youtu.be/2XZ9z6OewR0?...

13.09.2025 16:55 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a bookseller with glasses peeking in from the top of the frame while crouched in front of the bottom shelf at the end of the science fiction section at Audreys Books. Visible covers include Andy Weir’s Hail Mary, Martha Wells’ Murderbot books in paperback, hardcover, and omnibus editions, and John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids.

Photo of a bookseller with glasses peeking in from the top of the frame while crouched in front of the bottom shelf at the end of the science fiction section at Audreys Books. Visible covers include Andy Weir’s Hail Mary, Martha Wells’ Murderbot books in paperback, hardcover, and omnibus editions, and John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids.

Been a while since I shared a #BottomShelfie from @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social but I’m at the store today until close at 5 if you’d like to come take a closer look at these lovelies! #YEG #Bookstores #Books #SciFi #ShopLocal #ShopIndie

07.09.2025 18:48 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of the cover of “The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand” edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, introduction by Stephen King, and a story by Edmonton’s own Premee Mohamed. The cover is black with red all-caps lettering for the main title, tan for the subtitle, and also features the head of a crow looking up from the bottom right corner. A stack of additional copies is visible below.

Picture of the cover of “The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand” edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, introduction by Stephen King, and a story by Edmonton’s own Premee Mohamed. The cover is black with red all-caps lettering for the main title, tan for the subtitle, and also features the head of a crow looking up from the bottom right corner. A stack of additional copies is visible below.

Pictured is a bookseller standing in front of a dark wood shelf full of books, holding up in front of his face a copy of “AB@C and other gramograms” written by Rob Meyerson and illustrated by Dan Misdea. The book is a hardcover about 7” square with the title in black lettering against an illustration of a blue sky above water on which there’s a bee rowing a boat. The picture is the key to the gramogram… AB@C is “a bee at sea”…

Pictured is a bookseller standing in front of a dark wood shelf full of books, holding up in front of his face a copy of “AB@C and other gramograms” written by Rob Meyerson and illustrated by Dan Misdea. The book is a hardcover about 7” square with the title in black lettering against an illustration of a blue sky above water on which there’s a bee rowing a boat. The picture is the key to the gramogram… AB@C is “a bee at sea”…

Back at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social today (Tues Aug 19!) and here until 9 for the launch of “The End of the World As We Know It” featuring a story by @premeemohamed.com !

Also! My latest special order is in! “AB@C” by Rob Meyerson and illustrated by Dan Misdea!

Book launch at 7!

#YEG #Bookstore

19.08.2025 19:24 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Möbius Book, Stripped — The Butterflies and Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities and Rarities My latest altered book project came together rather suddenly – inspiration sometimes does strike like lighting, especially when helped along by encouragement from the people around you. But funni...

And here's the write up! As things continue to go sideways, around the world & also so very close to home, making art & being fully human feel extra significant, so go do the things and hold your people close... www.butterfliesandaliens.com/stacks/the-m...

#YEG #Art #AlteredBooks #Books #Bookstores

31.07.2025 18:19 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Pictured is the open central stairwell at Audreys Books in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, framed in dark mahogany wood, with bookshelves full of books visible in the background upstairs, on the landing, and on the lower level visible past the landing. Flowing from the corner of the opening on the main level is a scroll of paper that goes up to the ceiling then loops down several times before flowing back up over the ledge of the opening.

Pictured is the open central stairwell at Audreys Books in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, framed in dark mahogany wood, with bookshelves full of books visible in the background upstairs, on the landing, and on the lower level visible past the landing. Flowing from the corner of the opening on the main level is a scroll of paper that goes up to the ceiling then loops down several times before flowing back up over the ledge of the opening.

Pictured is the opposite side of the stairwell opening in the first photo, showing a reddish orange vintage typewriter on a stand out of which is flowing a scroll of paper. A later section of the scroll can be seen flowing back over the edge of the opening beside the typewriter. There is also a smaller Möbius strip, made up of the front and back matter of the book, sitting on a shelf below the typewriter.

Pictured is the opposite side of the stairwell opening in the first photo, showing a reddish orange vintage typewriter on a stand out of which is flowing a scroll of paper. A later section of the scroll can be seen flowing back over the edge of the opening beside the typewriter. There is also a smaller Möbius strip, made up of the front and back matter of the book, sitting on a shelf below the typewriter.

More photos to come plus a longer write up, but my latest #alteredbook project is now on display at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social ! Titled “The Möbius Book, Stripped” the project is based on “The Möbius Book” by @catherinelacey.bsky.social

#books #art #YEG #local #indie

29.07.2025 18:32 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

And okay, yeah, THIS happened!!!

29.07.2025 17:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So this is a thing that happened…

29.07.2025 06:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo is a #DemonPotatoes version of the "How it started... How it's going" meme, with an inset photo on the left half of the image under the heading "How it started" showing two fresh new baby potatoes, one round and one pear-shaped, with faces drawn on them with marker consisting of two dots for eyes and a squiggly line for a mouth, and an inset photo on the right hand side under the heading "How it's going" showing the same two potatoes looking much more wrinkled and shriveled, with the skin on the pear-shaped baby potatoe also having turned much darker. Along the bottom, text reads: #DemonPotatoes https://www.butterfliesandaliens.com/stacks/something-awoke-in-the-garden

Photo is a #DemonPotatoes version of the "How it started... How it's going" meme, with an inset photo on the left half of the image under the heading "How it started" showing two fresh new baby potatoes, one round and one pear-shaped, with faces drawn on them with marker consisting of two dots for eyes and a squiggly line for a mouth, and an inset photo on the right hand side under the heading "How it's going" showing the same two potatoes looking much more wrinkled and shriveled, with the skin on the pear-shaped baby potatoe also having turned much darker. Along the bottom, text reads: #DemonPotatoes https://www.butterfliesandaliens.com/stacks/something-awoke-in-the-garden

As we approach the one year anniversary of our being "blessed" with our resident #DemonPotatoes by @laurcunn.bsky.social at the 2024 #WhenWordsCollide Festival, it seemed the right time for this...

( you can find the full story at www.butterfliesandaliens.com/stacks/somet... ... )

24.07.2025 17:47 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Òran - Paper Boats by Jake Runestad
Òran - Paper Boats by Jake Runestad YouTube video by Korora Choirs

The latest video from my choir, Òran, just got posted and I wanted to share, with a huge shout out to composer Jake Runestad for this amazing setting of "Paper Boats" —

youtu.be/8dqgachuHwU?...

#Choir #Arts #YEG #KororaChoirs

15.07.2025 16:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a human bookseller (bottom) peeking up from below the frame of the photos while a Yeti with white fur (actually a Yeti puppet but don’t tell them!) hugs the bookseller’s bespectacled head from behind.

Picture of a human bookseller (bottom) peeking up from below the frame of the photos while a Yeti with white fur (actually a Yeti puppet but don’t tell them!) hugs the bookseller’s bespectacled head from behind.

Okay, also can’t not share a selfie with my furry buddy whenever we’re both hanging out at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social lol

#MoreThanJustBooks #YEG #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #Toys but also #Books

audreys.ca

13.07.2025 21:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top peeking up from behind two copies of “The Möbius Book” by Catherine Lacey he is holding in front of his face, while standing in front of a dark wood bookshelf with additional copies of the book behind him. The book features a blue cover with white printing of the title, author name, and a line drawing of a möbius strip, as well as a barcode at the bottom left corner of the cover.

Picture of a bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top peeking up from behind two copies of “The Möbius Book” by Catherine Lacey he is holding in front of his face, while standing in front of a dark wood bookshelf with additional copies of the book behind him. The book features a blue cover with white printing of the title, author name, and a line drawing of a möbius strip, as well as a barcode at the bottom left corner of the cover.

Extra excited to be at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social for my shift today, for an extra special reason that I can’t fully share yet but there’s a hint in the picture!

If you happen to be in #YEG today, I’m in store until close at 5 and I can maybe share a bit more of the tea…

#ShopIndie #Bookstores

13.07.2025 18:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture shows a wide shot of the main floor of Audreys Books in Edmonton, with several rows of dark wood shelves filled with books, with a dark-haired bookseller wearing glasses peeking up from below the frame of the picture. The closest shelf behind the bookseller has two signs mounted above it, both of which that read “ISSUES” while the shelves below contain a variety of current event titles such as “The Internet Con” by Cory Doctorow, “Youth Care Chronicles: Reflections on Growing Up in the Child Welfare System”, and “War” by Bob Woodward.

Picture shows a wide shot of the main floor of Audreys Books in Edmonton, with several rows of dark wood shelves filled with books, with a dark-haired bookseller wearing glasses peeking up from below the frame of the picture. The closest shelf behind the bookseller has two signs mounted above it, both of which that read “ISSUES” while the shelves below contain a variety of current event titles such as “The Internet Con” by Cory Doctorow, “Youth Care Chronicles: Reflections on Growing Up in the Child Welfare System”, and “War” by Bob Woodward.

Got issues? Yeah, so do we…

I’m hanging around @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social until close at 6 today, so come by & say hi, maybe check out our section formerly-known-as-current-events for some perspective on… stuff…

That and/or go grab some awesome picture books!

#YEG #Books #ShopLocal #ShopIndie

08.07.2025 19:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a bookseller in glasses peeking in from the left edge of the photo while standing in front of a wall of tan-coloured wood shelving, four shelves high and two unit wide, featuring about forty dragon-themed books along with a pair of dragon stuffies

Picture of a bookseller in glasses peeking in from the left edge of the photo while standing in front of a wall of tan-coloured wood shelving, four shelves high and two unit wide, featuring about forty dragon-themed books along with a pair of dragon stuffies

Also, we have a display of books about DRAGONS!

#dragons #books #bookstore #YEG #Shopindie #ShopLocal

06.07.2025 21:14 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a bookseller wearing glasses peeking from below the frame of the photo, standing in front of a mahogany bookshelf and pointing at a poster that reads “Our Staff Picked Actually Interesting Read for Summer” and featuring a side view profile picture of a human-form robot or cyborg. The shelf also shows three of the Audreys Summer Picks books (on the top shelf of a six shelves, the rest hidden below the frame of the photo): “The Wild Robot On The Island” by Peter Brown, “Victor & Me in Paris” by Janice MacDonald, and “Soft As Bones” by Chyana Marie Sage.

Picture of a bookseller wearing glasses peeking from below the frame of the photo, standing in front of a mahogany bookshelf and pointing at a poster that reads “Our Staff Picked Actually Interesting Read for Summer” and featuring a side view profile picture of a human-form robot or cyborg. The shelf also shows three of the Audreys Summer Picks books (on the top shelf of a six shelves, the rest hidden below the frame of the photo): “The Wild Robot On The Island” by Peter Brown, “Victor & Me in Paris” by Janice MacDonald, and “Soft As Bones” by Chyana Marie Sage.

Hanging out at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social until close at 5 today so if you’re in downtown #YEG come by and say hi!

And in person or online, check out our AI* Summer Reads lists!

*Actually Interesting

#Books #Bookstore #ShopIndie #ShopLocal #ShopCanadian

06.07.2025 19:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a bookseller wearing glasses and a burgundy top peering over the top of a copy of “The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries” by Massimo Listri and published by Taschen, one of four bargain copies in store!

Picture of a bookseller wearing glasses and a burgundy top peering over the top of a copy of “The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries” by Massimo Listri and published by Taschen, one of four bargain copies in store!

Display of six copies of “The Feast” by Alycia Two Bears, a trade paperback with a purple toned cover featuring a silhouette of a woman. The subtitle for the book is “Two Spirit: Stories, Sex, and the Ceremony Behind it All, and other Poems”

Display of six copies of “The Feast” by Alycia Two Bears, a trade paperback with a purple toned cover featuring a silhouette of a woman. The subtitle for the book is “Two Spirit: Stories, Sex, and the Ceremony Behind it All, and other Poems”

Oh no. New at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social & one is coming home with me lol - deets in the alt text!

Also today, the launch of “The Feast” by poet Alycia Two Bears at 2 pm!

It’s a beautiful day for a browse so come say hi! I’m hanging around the store until close at 5!

#YEG #Books #ShopIndie

29.06.2025 19:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a bookseller with glasses leaning sideways half in a picture of the bottom level of a wood shelf featuring about twenty books. Face out are « How The World Really Works » by Vaclav Smil and « The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science » by Kate Zernike. Other titles include « The Book of Eels » by Patrik Svenson, « Frostbite » by Nicola Twilley, « Life As No One Knows It » by Sara Imari Walker, « Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins, from Spices to Vices » by Noah Whitenan, and « The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, and other serious discoveries of silly science » by Carly Anne York.

Picture of a bookseller with glasses leaning sideways half in a picture of the bottom level of a wood shelf featuring about twenty books. Face out are « How The World Really Works » by Vaclav Smil and « The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science » by Kate Zernike. Other titles include « The Book of Eels » by Patrik Svenson, « Frostbite » by Nicola Twilley, « Life As No One Knows It » by Sara Imari Walker, « Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins, from Spices to Vices » by Noah Whitenan, and « The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog, and other serious discoveries of silly science » by Carly Anne York.

Haven’t done one of these in a while (maybe never on this platform?) but today I’m sharing a #BottomShelfie from the #Science section at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social

I’m here until close around 9 pm tonight so come by and say hi!

#YEG #Bookstore #Books

24.06.2025 18:55 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Surrounded in bookishness — The Butterflies and Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities and Rarities I wanted to share my latest altered book project, with the usual content warning that this kind of art does involve the disassembly of books! But I finally got around to “finishing” some of the book...

I know the world is on fire but I thought I’d share a little happy thing, a write up of my latest altered book project. www.butterfliesandaliens.com/stacks/surro...

13.06.2025 20:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of a smiling bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top peering out from behind two smiling Jelly Cat stuffies, one of a pina colada-style drink in a coconut with a blue striped straw and a flower coming out the top, the other of a desert island with a large palm tree growing out of it. (Sorry, always so hard to describe Jelly Cat stuffies!)

Picture of a smiling bookseller in glasses and a burgundy top peering out from behind two smiling Jelly Cat stuffies, one of a pina colada-style drink in a coconut with a blue striped straw and a flower coming out the top, the other of a desert island with a large palm tree growing out of it. (Sorry, always so hard to describe Jelly Cat stuffies!)

Yes, @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social has books, but we also have Jelly Cats! Found two of the summer collection hanging out in our front window! I feel like if you’re in #YEG you should come by and say hi to us!

#ShopIndie #ShopLocal #Books #Bookstores #JellyCats

10.06.2025 18:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0