It’s KIRBC meeting time again! After an amazing month of our Keep Toronto Reading campaign, I wanted to celebrate with one of our bookish love-ins (unfamiliar with the concept? check out the info page and get up to speed). This time we tried out a new location, welcomed some fresh blood into the fold, drank more wine than ever before, and instated a new tradition. Oh, and we talked about books we loved, too.
First, the aformentioned new tradition. We had a book swap and decided it was so easy and awesome we should do it every time. I meant to take a photo of all the offerings, but I must have been distracted by all the bright shiny books. Or by Sarah using some kind of pre-empive backhanded tactic to snag the book I really wanted before it even made it to the trading table! (Good thing she lives two houses away and I can borrow it. I’ll have my eye on you next time, Labrie.) I still scored some awesome books though (Zoe Whittall’s Holding Still For As Long as Possible and Michael Lista’s Bloom — basically I just should have accosted Mark Luk at the door).
Second, the aforementioned [...]
