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Some of the latest additions to the stacks over at @butterfliesandaliens.com #books #music #libraries #heavymetal #alphabetica

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...

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

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!

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And okay, yeah, THIS happened!!!

So this is a thing that happened…

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... ... )

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

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

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

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

Also, we have a display of books about DRAGONS! #dragons #books #bookstore #YEG #Shopindie #ShopLocal

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

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

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

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...

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

Also! @laurcunn.bsky.social ! A wee update on the #DemonPotatoes ... it would appear the immortality spell has been broken! www.butterfliesandaliens.com/stacks/somet...

New release Tuesday! And my pre-order is in! It’s Ben Clanton’s latest Narwhal and Jelly book, “THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS!” The newest addition to my “books aware of their own bookishness collection! I’m at the store until 6 today if you want to come by and say hi! #YEG #Books #ShopIndie #ShopLocal

Beautiful new cover for the new omnibus paperback edition of the “Monk and Robot” series by Becky Chambers! I’ve got both this and the two original hardcover novellas on my staff picks shelf, so if you happen to around downtown #YEG do come by and take a look! #ShopIndie #ShopLocal #Bookstores

Bonus post because I came across this absolute beaut of book as object while shelving at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social today… red cover, actual velvet sweater, hologrammy printing for the title, rainbow book block edges, AND Oreos on in the inside covers! Book deets in the alt text! #MyJobIsShelf

Hey! Look who’s back at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social! We’re hanging out at the store until close at 6 pm so if you’re in the neighbourhood do come by and say hi! Special invite to those of you who came to our grown-up book fair this weekend — come check out the bricks & mortar store! #YEG #Books

Counting down to the Edmonton launch of the new Crave Bakery cookbook, starting at 7 pm (on Tuesday May 13!) at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social ! #Cookies #Crave #YEG #ShopLocal #ShopIndie

Look what’s back in stock at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social ! It’s a beautiful day in #YEG for browsing books, I’m just saying I’m hanging around the store until close today (Sunday May 11, that is!) at 5 pm. Come by and say hi! #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #Books #Bookstores

Back at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social after a week away on choir tour (a whole other thing I’ll maybe post about once I fully process it lol) & checking out what’s new in the books about books section! I’m here until close at 6 so do come by & say hi! #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #Books #Bookstores #YEG

Very excited to share that my story "If We Make It Through This Alive" is this week's story in @wilwheaton.net's podcast It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton! I mean, how cool is that? open.spotify.com/episode/2hrw...

Hey so friendos in Calgary, I guess this is happening! www.eventbrite.ca/e/gathering-... #YYC #CPL #AlteredBooks #BlackoutPoetry #BookArts

Day Two of the Edmonton Indie Bookstore Extravaganza! Come on out #YEG and finish filling out your indie bookstore passports! More info at yegindiebookstores.ca #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #Books #Bookstores #Audreys50th

Hey #YEG friendos and choir fans! If you’re looking for something for Saturday evening, April 26, come check out the three adult choirs of the Korora Choirs! Òran, Vacilando, and ChandraTala in concert! #choir #YEGarts #concert #KororaChoirs #arts #music kororachoirs.ca/performances...

Here’s hoping! Sporting peak pandemic throwback fashion for my shift at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social today! Hanging around until close at 6 if you want to come by and say hi! #books #bookstores #shoplocal #shopindie #YEG

Also #DemonPotatoes

Hey #YEG friendos with 5-9 yr olds (or soon to be 5-9 yr olds) in their circles of influence! Open rehearsals for Tamariki, my choir family's youngest choir, will be Mon May 12, 5:30-6:30 pm, and Wed May 14, 5:45-6:45 pm, at St. Luke's Anglican. More info here : kororachoirs.ca/choirs/tamar...

Been a bit slow shifting to posting here but figured it was worth sharing a bit of a milestone: Donation 150 with Canadian Blood Services, a double platelets plus extra bag of plasma while they had me all hooked up. Shout out to the #LowBrassBleeders if y’all are on here! #CanadasLifeline

First epiphany of the night at @nerdniteyeg.bsky.social … photo of a slide from the first presentation titled “Grow Food Not Lawns,” that reads “Colonized minds hear ‘ours’ and think of possession. Decolonizing minds hear ‘ours’ and feel connection. — Josie Valadez Fraire”