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Winter's here! Hunker down with a good book (or 8)!

Thanks to everybody who came out and supported our Words Worth Eating event with Jennifer Mclagan at Nick and Nat's Uptown 21 last week! Who (besides zombies) knew eating brains and blood could be so much fun?

Make sure to check out our upcoming events:

Ian Hamilton will be joining us tomorrow, February 1st with his next installment in the Ava Lee series. Mystery writer, Brad Smith, will be joining him.

Our next Words Worth Eating at Uptown 21 is on March 22nd, it features award-winning cookbook author Pat Crocker, and her latest Preserving, which is the ultimate bible for canning and freezing.

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Hello Friends,

I am writing to share that I am leaving the bookstore. January 31st is my last "official" day though I will be here for some hours through the month of February. I have been working towards a career in midwifery and have just been hired to be an admin assistant for Blue Heron Midwives, a new midwifery clinic in Waterloo. This is an exciting opportunity that I am looking forward to.

However I also feel very bittersweet as I have worked at the store for most of my life and have loved our customers, organizing events, working with publishers, and of course reading all the great books! I first started working at the store "officially" when I was twelve. I would take out the garbage and dust the store everyday after school. My parents paid me $50 a month towards my education fund. I have worked here on and off through much of my teenage years and early twenties.

I really settled into my job when I started to organize the marketing and events. Some of my best memories are from our events: when 600 people showed up to meet Jean Chretien, having a sold-out audience for former-child soldier Ishmael Beah, organizing and enjoying the amazing food at all of our Words Worth Eating events, and of course Books and Babies, my favourite reason to come work on Fridays!

It has been a real pleasure and I am sure I will see you when I wander through the store on my day's off, or when I still help out at the occasional booktable.
~ Bronwyn

PS Below are just some of my favourite books from the last few years.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

~ February's Picks are:

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Super Sad True Love Story

In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis and our patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. Then Lenny Abramov, son of an Russian immigrant janitor and ardent fan of “printed, bound media artifacts” (aka books), meets Eunice Park, an impossibly cute Korean American woman with a major in Images and a minor in Assertiveness. Could falling in love redeem a planet falling apart?

Our main Book Club meets on the last Tuesday of each month. Our next discussion date is on February 28th, at 7 pm, in store. Contact Mandy or phone the store directly at 519-884-2665, for more information. 
 

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The Hangman's Daughter

A brilliantly detailed, fast-paced thriller brings to cinematic life the sights, sounds, and smells of seventeenth-century Bavaria, telling the engrossing story of a compassionate hangman and his headstrong daughter in a race against the clock to find the true killer. The Hangman’s Daughter takes us back in history to a place where autopsies were blasphemous, coffee was an exotic drink, dried toads were the recommended remedy for the plague, and the devil was as real as anything.

The Blomkvist Wannabees now meets on the second Thursday of each month. Our next discussion date is on February 9th. Contact Dave or call 519-884-2665, for more information.
 

In the mood for books about love?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

At Words Worth Books we keep a close eye on our sections for kids, because these are formative reading years and we love seeing the best books in the right little hands. We are happy to guide you through our hand-picked shelves. Here are just some of the books we're loving this month:

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The Splendid Spotted Snake
~ by Betty Schwartz

This baby book is a wonderfully tactile experience for very young children and adults alike. Follow the adventures of the titular snake as he grows and changes with each turn of the page. The engineering of the book makes it fun to turn each page, and the accompanying text rhymes in a satisfyingly Seussian way. This is also a good introduction to colour for the very young. Recommended for the little reader who needs more than words on the page to keep their attention.
~ Caroline

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The Vole Brothers
~ Roslyn Schwartz

Author Roslyn Schwartz is known for her beloved series of books The Mole Sisters. This new outing is done in more of a comic book style and features the antics of two hungry young moles. The rough and tumble adventure in quest of an elusive slice of pizza is reminiscent of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of yore, except without all that pesky violence. This book will appeal to the early grade school kid who thinks they are tougher than they really are.
~Caroline
 

February Kids Events:

Books & Babies is Bronwyn's favourite reason to come to work on Fridays! Join us on February 3 & 17

Wild Rumpus is an excuse to get silly with Erica and Caroline. February 10 & 24

Join us for a drum circle to celebrate Black History Month with Nii Addico at our Family Sunday on February 12.
 
 
 

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