by Cassandra Little | Feb 18, 2026 | Blog
Turns out, 2025 marks 160 years since the publication of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. The story behind the book and its publication is detailed and complex. Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852 – 1934) was four years old when she first met the...
by Cassandra Little | Feb 18, 2026 | Blog
Margaret Atwood, in full Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC OOnt CH FRSC FRSL, b. November 18, 1939 Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results. Surfacing (1971) In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. Bluebeard’s Egg (1982)...
by Cassandra Little | Feb 18, 2026 | Blog
On November 24, 1859, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection’ by Charles Darwin was published. This book caused us change how we view ourselves. In it, as you may know, Darwin posits that natural selection is the engine that drives the evolution of the...
by Cassandra Little | Feb 18, 2026 | Blog
On November 24, 1877, Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions / The Autobiography of a Horse; Translated from the original equine was published, Anna Sewell’s only novel. The book is considered to be the first major animal story in children’s literature and in the...
by Cassandra Little | Jan 28, 2026 | Blog
I took over my father’s bookstore when he suffered a stroke in 2005. He laboured very hard, and was deeply respected within the bookselling community for all of his years as a purveyor of all things on paper; historical, artistic, literary and whimsical.He warned me...
by siteadmin | Dec 7, 2025 | Blog
The Regina Manifesto (1933) The original statement of purpose and beliefs of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, the first Socialist party of Canada. In 1932, the Canadian West had been hit hard by the dark days of the Great Depression. The fields were parched...
