Smells like newsprint and sunshine

Hey, what's your favourite scent? Mouldy novels? Dust? Silverfish? Well, prepare to have your aural senses delighted!

Presenting In the Library, a perfume specially designed to add just a touch of the glamour of working in the public library system to your everyday, humdrum rountine. Now, you, too, can smell like Nancy Pearl (or me, if you're into that [I know I am])!

From the site:

The Scent
English Novel taken from a Signed First Edition of one of my very favorite novels, Russian & Moroccan leather bindings, worn cloth and a hint of wood polish.
Don't you find there are few things more wonderful than the smell of a much-loved book? Newly printed books certainly smell very different from older ones. The ink is so crisp. I've also noticed that books from different periods & different countries also have very different smells. And then there are the scents of different bindings: leather is marvelous of course but I find a peculiar pleasure in musty worn clothbound books as well. Perhaps just a hint of mildew!

And no, this is not a joke. Smell like a library. Next up: the scent of a high-school gymnasium. Mmmm...sweaty.

I kid, of course, as I'd love to get a whiff of this. HINT: my birthday's in October.

Stephen Colbert cries "Librarians are communists!"

Boy, lucky librarians have a sense of humour.

Stephen Colbert reveals the 'red lending menace' behind today's public libraries. Live in fear, y'all.

In case you didn't want to pay for your copy...

Libraries with orders for Shelf Monkey:

Ottawa Public Library - 4 copies

London Public Library - 5 copies

Toronto Public Libraries - 14 copies

Saskatoon Public Library - 1 copy

Halifax Public Libraries - 1 copy

Regina Public Library - 1 copy

Winnipeg Public Libraries - 6 copies

Calgary Public Libraries - 3 copies

Wheatland Public Library - 1 copy

Greater Victoria Public Library - 2 copies

Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario - 1 copy

Thompson Public Library - 1 copy

Belmont and Golden Plains Mobile Library (Australia) - 2 copies


43 copies so far!

My new digs - the graphic representation

I haven't had a lot of time for posting as of late, and I apologize. I move in to a new apartment this weekend, and should have plenty of evening time to fully update my three fans on my doings.

However, I thought I'd quickly break into my busy day (budget, budget, budget!) to do a speedy post of this lovely pencil rendering of my new digs.

My heartfelt thanks to the gracious Adakagome Devode Chartrand for the honour of her talents. This now takes up a prominent place on my office door.

And if you look closely, you can see how jubilant I am at

a) having my name spelled correctly, and

b) my first book challenge (more later)!

My new digs, part 2

Got a little extra time here in Thompson, so I thought I'd give you a little in-depth tour of my new locale.
This is the front lobby of the Thompson Public Library, soon to be renamed "The Corey Redekop Knowledgeum and Video Danceteria."

This is the children's area, heretofore to be known as "Corey Redekop's Punishment Centre for Children who Refuse to Learn how to SHUSH!"

This is Bruno, my ball of rubber bands and loyal companion for the past seven years.

This is my one and only rejection letter for Shelf Monkey.

These are my shelf monkeys.

And this is me, maxin' and relaxin', exalted emperor of all I survey.

My new digs

Well, after some thought, I have decided to uproot myself from my comfortable lifestyle of doing nothing, and go somewhere and do something.

Specifically, Thompson, Manitoba.

It's my hometown, and I'll be the administrator in charge of the above public library.

That's right. I'm in charge of the whole library.

It's all mine. And I'm scared to death.