Hopeless Romantic books and @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social at Union Station as a treat. #Toronto
Hopeless Romantic books and @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social at Union Station as a treat. #Toronto
Happy International Women's Day!! β
#ReadWomenWriters #WomenOfHorror #IndieBookstore π§‘π»π @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
It's Monday! Is yours manic, middling, marvellous? Either way it's supposed to be lovely out today, I hope you get out for a wander, perhaps stop and get a new book! Both locations are open for your spooky book needs. π§‘π»π @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
Happy Saturday all! Your friendly Union Station ghost checking in! Some fantastic books hit the shelves earlier this morning, swing by to see what they're about! π§‘π»π @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone for being here and having our backs! Chris and I are forever in your debt. Here is also the link to our ko-fi page ko-fi.com/tessfowler
Copies of KAYAK ! π
They are here for you when you are feeling better! πππ
Annual post of work joy!
It's been over three years since I was lucky enough to join the family at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social and I've never done anything that brought me so much happiness and fulfillment. 1/2
A banner shows the little ghosts logo and says βLittle Ghosts Book Club Presents GREEN FUSE BURNING by Tiffany Morris Friday March 20 6-8pmβ
The back cover description of the book⦠The debut novella from the Elgin Award winning author of Elegies of Rotting Stars. After the death of her estranged father, artist Rita struggles with grief and regret. There was so much she wanted to ask him-about his childhood, their family, and the Mi'kmaq language and culture from which Rita feels disconnected. But when Rita's girlfriend Molly forges an artist's residency application on her behalf, winning Rita a week to paint at an isolated cabin, Rita is both furious and intrigued. The residency is located where her father grew up. On the first night at the cabin, Rita wakes to strange sounds. Was that a body being dragged through the woods? When she questions the locals about the cabin's history, they are suspicious and unhelpful. Ignoring her unease, Rita gives in to dark visions that emanate from the forest's lake and the surrounding swamp. She feels its pull, channelling that energy into art like she's never painted before. But the uncanny visions become more insistent, more intrusive, and Rita discovers that in the swamp's decay the end of one life is sometimes the beginning of another.
Little Ghosts Book Club is reading GREEN FUSE BURNING @tiffmorris.bsky.social
After the death of her father, Ritaβs artist residency in a cabin near where he grew up becomes more haunting than she could have imagined.
Join us Friday March 20th 6-8pm for snacks and chats about this great novella.π»
Thinking you want a paperback copy? Thinking you want a SIGNED paperback copy?
If you're in the GTA, you're in luck! Come see me @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social on March 22nd to hear a brief reading, enjoy a quick Q&A, and grab your SIGNED copy of Woman of Sorrow and Blood!
A graphic advertising my author signing at Little Ghosts Books. It says, "Join us to celebrate the launch of E.L. Chen's latest release, Sweetside Motel." Sunday March 29, 1-3pm, Location: 930 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario.
The horrors persist but so does book promo. If you're in Toronto, drop by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social on Sun Mar 29, 1-3pm, where I will be signing my gothic novella SWEETSIDE MOTEL. I also may have stickers.
Pay your writers. I met a screenwriter the other day who got paid $800 for a produced 5-million-dollar feature film. The $1 option for points or residuals or whatnot isn't cutting it anymore.
Book covers for: Misplaced by Brittni Brinn (Little Ghosts Books): In an alternate reality where body parts are as easily changed as clothing, what happens when things go missing? Nan chases down a stranger to return a missing mouth and finds themselves in the coat-strewn apartment of a makeshift family: Jessica, a charismatic older woman, her adopted son Adam, and Reena, the icy-eyed enigma Nan does their best to avoid. As rumours of stolen parts and illegal brain tampering hang over the city, Nan and Jessica investigate the origin of the disembodied fingers left at their doorstep. The more they uncover, the more Nan realizes that their body and their memories might not be their own- and Reena's mysterious past may be the key. Will Nan be able to figure out which bits of themselves to trust, or will it all go to pieces? https://www.littleghostsbooks.com/product/misplaced/2296 Five Seasons of Charlie Francis by Danica Roache (Vagrant Press): Charlie Francis's five-year plan has gone to shit. She was supposed to greet the new millennium by diving head-first into a master's degree, but her thesis has ground to a halt, Y2K was a bust, her rambunctious family and claustrophobic hometown are driving her around the bend, and the maybe-love-of-her-life, Adam, keeps joking about her moving home to marry him and have his babies. When she unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she has to navigate being a (mostly) single mother on top of everything else. Charlie finds herself at a crossroads. Maybe it's time for a new five-year plan. https://nimbus.ca/store/five-seasons-of-charlie-francis.html
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Misplaced (by @brittnibrinn.bsky.social, @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social) & Five Seasons of Charlie Francis (by Danica Roache, Vagrant Press, imprint of @nimbuspub.bsky.social). See alt-text.
#DSPBposts ππ #BookSky #bookstodon #bookish #booklovers #BooksWorthReading
A grey and white tabby cat attacks a black bookmark on a brown couch.
A grey and white tabby cat attacks a black bookmark on a brown couch.
A grey and white tabby cat attacks a black bookmark on a brown couch.
A grey and white tabby cat holds a bookmark between his paws and looks off-camera.
new favourite toy just dropped: a bookmark from @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
the cover of Mantras and Minotaurs by Ashley Bennett, on a wood table
thanks to the "monster romance" shelf @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social I am now considering the very important question: how would a minotaur ice skate?
also maybe someone reading over my shoulder at the diner learned more about minotaur tongue during sex than they wanted. rip
Happy March! Whether it comes in like a lamb, or like a lion, there are always great books to read! Stop by either the Union Station location, or OG Little Ghosts on Dundas, and grab some popular items now back in stock! Hope your Sunday is super! π§‘π»π @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
βThe forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants.β
final February flash fiction up for FREE on my patreon! I think this one is very good.
www.patreon.com/posts/151883...
Final hours to support @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social workshop expansion.
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
No problem! Hope it helps π€π€π€
You can definitely donate to the prison library here:
www.bookclubsforinmates.com/book-donations
And I think Rez Reads accepts donations for northern indigenous communities here (they used to do a book drive in Kingston, not sure when/if they do an in person now):
truenorthaid.ca/resources/
A sheet ghost stands in a very scary garage space. There are unfinished walls, a plywood door, and piles of boxes.
BEFORE PHOTO of the Little Ghosts Workshop space!
Help this ghost build it into a community space for readings, author workshops, artist marketplace, and more!
Itβs the FINAL HOURS to donate. Every little bit helps. π€
Thank you to everyone for your support!
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
Where are you located? Iβm sure there are some local orgs that would love some donated books!
hey have you seen the Common Bonds 3 teaser page? Have you seen the colour scheme on our image? π have you maybe hit the fancy yellow button to follow the project ππ
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Hey Paula,
Please send information about your book (synopsis, SRP & wholesale price, publisher) to littleghostsbooks@gmail.com so we can decide if it is a fit and arrange purchasing. Thanks!
Awe thank you!! π€π»
Little Ghosts sit in a reading circle with the text βWork in Progress Reading Night. March 6th 6-8pm. Writers of all skill levels encouraged to attend!β
Work in Progress, our Monthly Reading Night for Authors, is back next week!
Come share your current WIP for valuable feedback before it enters the publishing wilds. Limited space available, sign up on the website to reserve your seat!
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www.littleghostsbooks.com/events
Happy Friday! You know what your weekend needs? A book! Swing by the LGxHRB pop-up shop in Union Station, and get your next favourite read! π§‘π»π @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social
For no reason, just posting this here as a reminder that art doesnβt need to be owned by a corporation and sold and conglomerated for billions.
Support indie art. It is (almost literally) the only art that remainsπ€β οΈ
store.tenebrouspress.com