Just added a new date to our {head}:sub/head Book Events Calendar…
May 12th (Mother’s Day weekend) is the day of the Historic Footnotes Loft Tour. Tickets are $15 prior to the downtown tour and $20 the day of. All proceeds go to support The Literacy Council and its programs.
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Up and running
Birmingham’s based Crane Hill publishing has published their new site.
Martel’s mailings
Is this just marketing? He kind of seems sincere. Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi, is taking a stand for the arts. And it’s a stand that will expand Canada’s Prime Minister’s book case.
Martel says he’ll keep the world up-to-date, via a website, on all the books he sends to the PM’s house.
This little new tidbit has just moved Life of Pi to the top of my TBR pile. I know, I know… I’m probably the only person on the planet who hasn’t read this yet.
Embedded fonts
The weather was perfect for this past weekend’s Magic City Art Connection festival. We picked up a print by Illinois artist Keith Grace. All of his artwork is saturated with letterforms and font sets, not too mention BRIGHT colors. Our find is perfect for our son’s room:
