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Penny Lernoux Memorial Library

Published November 17th, 2005 in alternative libraries | No Comments »

If ever you go to Minneapolis, a must stop is the Resource Center of the Americas, a wonderful activist center that inspired the hell out of me. The center has a really great little library and it’s just built its website (with an online catalogue!) (Thanks Chris!)

While you’re at it, you could also become a member and receive a great membership newsletter, Connection to the Americas, that reviews all of the human rights and social justice issues in Central and South America. It was maybe one of the best presents I ever got!

EXPOZINE!!!

Published November 17th, 2005 in zines | No Comments »

It’s been a while. I’ve started travelling in Argentina, and I’ve been to extraordinary places like Ushuaia. Now, I will be living in Bariloche, a touristy town in the Andes, working in a small hostel, in the hopes of learning more Spanish. So my posts might be a little sparse.

Next week in Montreal is Expozine! So go fill up on some great small press publications and zines for your library!! And hey, the organizers are also looking for sponsors and exhibitors. I know many libraries don’t have money to sponsor events, but the presence of a library at the Expozine would be a great way to reach out to these authors and to let them know that their publications are important cultural productions that should be preserved! And a table only costs 10 measly mangos!

Check it out: Saturday, November 26, 11 – 6 p.m. 5035 St-Dominique
(church basement facing park at corner of St-Laurent and Laurier, a few blocks west of Laurier Métro)

(I used to live right across from there. When your done, go have the best microbrew in Quebec, only two blocks away.)