Last month, Toronto artist Robin Pacific put together “Shelf Portrait,” an art installation/book giveaway: Pacific hung out her entire book collection clothesline-style and invited attendees to walk off with the titles that struck their fancy (up to four per person). A mob scene ensued, with people lined up for hours, and Toronto photographer – and friend of Q&Q – Squiddity was on the scene.
Every Friday, Quillblog highlights a recent photo from our new Quill & Quire Flickr Pool. Have you recently attended a book reading, library event, or author appearance? If you’ve got photos of the Canadian book scene, we’d love to see them. Sign up through Flickr and submit your images.
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