Archive for December 22nd, 2009

As I’m sure you’ve read or heard about the unsure and unpredictable retailing world this holiday season – and as people are looking for gifts in small, independent shops – you’re sure to find that items are quickly selling out as most retailers and distributors were conservative in their ordering this year. We have had a few successes and sell-outs this year and I wanted to share some of the stand outs from Penguin Books that are sure to sell out before year’s end. Graham Roumieu’s Bigfoot series of books has been a book consistently gets giggles in the shop and is now one those classic gifts that keep on giving. Not only is he from Toronto – but his also a Sheridan grad and his recent book – 101 Ways to Kill Your Boss is also becoming a fave of our customers. We’ve been a fan of Keri Smith’s work now for a few years, first learning of her creative ways via her blog and then her fantastic Wreck This Journal. It’s so wonderful and amazing to see people interacting via pen and paper and Keri Smith has made it her mission to help people live each day a little more creatively than the last. We’ve got her most recent titles, How to Be an Explorer of the World and This is Not a Book back in stock and are hearing positive comments as folks move from title to title in search of art, emotions and creativity in their daily lives.