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During the past decade an enormous amount of material on ANGELS flew into the bookstores and on line. My main concern was to condense the highlights, not get bogged down. Pull out of the research a basic, intelligent, fun version that would offer the reader an entertaining overview. We hope that this creative and artistic , unique hand made book will bring some knowledge, inspiration, fun and happiness to your life as it has to ours in the making of it.
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'POOP PANTS PAUL' is all about
atmosphere, feelings. It's a story about how kids from the 'burbs' look
at the homeless street people. Starting with a bet a homeless man tries
to explain his life to these school kids who are 'on assignment' for their
English class but have stepped 'beyond the bounds' and entered the seedy
side of town - Queen west.
'A GNAT
BEGAT' is a delightful hand made
book of little stories for big minds illustrating
the concerns of Mother Nature's creatures such as
gnats, queen bees, frogs, toads, spiders, bees, drones,
owls, hawks and so on.
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We asked creative Canadians, coast to coast to coast to contribute a page with something creative, personal, unique - perhaps a story, a poem or a picture. The responses were amazingly different and personal. The selections in this books represent dozens of Canadian voices presenting a really modern and unsual 'feel' of Canada.
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GOOP
MAIL ART
curators Evanchuck & Lacelle appear in the
St-John, NB Telegraph Journal. READ ALL ABOU
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JULY 4th American Embassy Garden Party |
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On this sunny July 4th in Ottawa, the United States Embassy hosted it's annual garden party at the Ambassador's residence in Rockcliffe Park. 3000 happy guests ate, drank and listenned to super Jazz performed by The Neapean City Jazz Band. In appreciation of the invite, I gave Robin Tillwright (red jacket) a print of my original painting called " Running For President '. |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA! Peter Evanchuck & Helene Lacelle wish all our Canadian friends a super Canada Day! Ernest, below, sits in front of the Ridau Mall enjoying all those who stop to hug him and bum a smoke! To see more fun photos of Canada Day in the Nation's Capitol, go to GOOP MAIL ART |
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HELENE LACELLE in group show at CUBE GALLERY |
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ROAD KILL COOKBOOK by: Peter Evanchuck " Funny & Tasty & Sad" coming soon |
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Art Opening at Carmen's Veranda, Tuesday Jan 10, 2012 Carmen Letourneau & Helene Lacelle standing by Artist Brenda Small's colorful landscapes. Show runs until the end of March, 2012 |
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SUNDAY NOV.20, 2011 Sandy Hill's ONE & ONLY ARTS & CRAFT FAIR |
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Marc
Lacelle, Chef Peter Evanchuck, Francois Bregha and Dallas Fletcher
worked tirelessly on Sunday Nov.20, making and preparing food for our
FREE BUFFET at Sandy Hill's ONE & ONLY
ARTS & CRAFT FAIR.
The rain stopped just in time Sunday morning as we opened our doors to let the shoppers and eaters in, what a fun day!! |
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Lacelle is having a show of her art and retrospective photographs
of her close friend Jacques Couillard who was taken by brain cancer
in February of 2010 - the show is dedicated to his memory and all his
friends are invited to share those memories - at Carmen's Veranda, 1169
Bank Street, Ottawa from Oct.4 to Dec.31, 2011.
These photographs are snapshots of Jacques (and Helene) between 1977 and 1987, the college years, the dancing years, the traveling years, the shopping at Goodwill years, and the 'who the hell am I years'. ~ "It was impossible not to be affected by Jacques' sense of humor and desire to participate in fun"~ Please Join us for an evening of happy memories: Opening
reception: Tuesday, October 4, 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Carmen's Veranda, 1169
Bank St., Ottawa Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society in the memory of Jacques Couillard, will be greatly appreciated.
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BOOKSHANDMADE
goes to QWAC
in Toronto. Helene stands with the very helpful Tibetan volunteers who
gave a hand to artists unloading art to their booths. We had a terrific
2 days in glorious sunshine and thousands of visitors coming by our
booths.
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GOOP
GALLERY packs up the car and heads on down to BUTTON MANIA in Almonte,
Ontario. See more pictures HERE.
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GOOP
gallery curators and Film Co-op members, HELENE LACELLE
& PETER EVANCHUCK are on the move with their growing array of international
'MAIL ART' - GOOP is one of several 'mail art' galleries worldwide -
the purpose is to promote a free exchange of art among all the artists
of this planet and beyond if there are any artists in our wonderous
universe - our openings not only shows this international 'mail art'
but also provides all the info necessary for all the community to participate.........................READ
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GOOP
GALLERY Curator Peter Evanchuck
at Timothy's Aug.24 spreading the word about the joys of making, sending
and receiving original postcards from around the WORLD!
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Helene
getting a jump start on preparing Peter's amazingly scrumptious CHOCOLATE
COVERED SUSHI ROLLS and painting
some art blocks for the QUEEN WEST ART CRAWL
in Toronto on Sept.16-18 in Trinity Park.
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VEGAS, baby! GOOP GALLERY never sleeps especially in Las Vegas. We packed our nickels and our MAIL ART and headed for the land of 24/7. The drinks are free, the people are friendly and nobody bugs you. Then it was off to Arizona to see the Grand Canyons The splendor of the Canyons was no match for our MAIL ART. |
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CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR MORE VEGAS & GRAND CANYON PICTURES |
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The great summer Mail Art tour curated by the folks at GOOP GALLERY, Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle, continues....... here we are in beautiful Edmondston New Brunswick.
Collaborative work of art by artists from around the world. |
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Fredericton, New Brunwick Mazerolle Gallery |
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The NEW ARTS FESTIVAL JUNE 4-5, 2011 Ottawa Helene Lacelle was just one of the 300 hundred happy vendors at this year's #1 outdoor art event in Ottawa. "I was lucky again this year to be by Patterson Creek wich is full of very large Carps and small Sunfishes and a delight to every kid who spotted one. As usual, the people came out and so did their wallets. Thanks to everyone who dropped by my booth to chat about the old days and the new." |
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Helene
has opened her art vault and dusted off 15 years old collages made with
very large images from Interview magazines. The'models' look tired,
sloppy and worn-out thanks to Lacelle's messy
hair and make-up stylings. Collages tell an interesting story, really.
Show
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GOOP MAIL ART TOUR CONTINUES it's trek across Ontario all the way to the Maritimes. MAY TO JULY 2011
Riviere du Loup, Quebec. Fleur Helsingor from California |
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Grand Falls, New Brunswick mail artists: Gustave M, A. Carson, Hugo and Red Head |
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GOOP ON THE GO! Laundromat in Smith Falls, Ontario CURATORS PETER EVANCHUCK & HELENE LACELLE on the move with GOOP (Gallery of Ornamental Posts) Gallery world Mail Art . |
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GOOP in Kingston, Ontario
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GOOP in Cabano, Quebec
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CURATORS
PETER EVANCHUCK & HELENE LACELLE on the move with GOOP (Gallery
of Ornamental Posts) Gallery world Mail Art
howdy ya'll, More rain on this tourDAtour of MAILart - we curate a small MAILart gallery called GOOP - basically we receive/send small postcard sizes of art around the world and receive art back and exhibit that art thru our small gallery - GOOP Gallery - during the year we go on a few tourDAtours showing the art in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways NOT in conventional gallery ways - we show in coffee chops, donut shops, laundromats, fishmarkets, outside in doorways, parks, etc... lots of fun - now we're on a two week tourDAtour from Ontario to Newfoundland doing our curating of MAIL ART. so far on this 'tourDAtour' we've shown in Ottawa, Smith Falls, Belleville, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Trois Riviere, Quebec City, Riviere du Loup, Edmunston, Woodstock, on our way to Newfoundland having fun. |
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Helene Lacelle at the Cedar Tree Cafe in Fredericton, NB. 343 York St. Quirky, fun and colorful new collages on wood and new original framed BOOK-PAGES collages. All very affordable and fun to collect. WHEN: MARCH - APRIL 2011 WHERE: Cedar Tree Cafe, 343 York St. Fredericton, NB. |
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Mayor
Jim Watson and Chef Peter Evanchuck hold-up a sign of the
new food sensation 'The Chocolate-Covered Sushi
Roll' originated by Nelson Adams and created by Peter
Evanchuck! We thank Mister Mayor for dropping by our ONE
& ONLY Craft Fair
and a big thanks to Peter for keeping a 1000 people happy and well fed!
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If you're hungry for
arts, craft and free food this is Chef
Peter Evanchuck will stuff you with warm tasty treats from
around the world! |
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Strathcona Park art fair AUGUST 7, 2010 Peter's GARDEN SH'ROOMS are always a big hit! |
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HELENE LACELLE @ THE GREEN DOOR JAN.05 to FEB. 06, 2010 198 Main st.
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HELENE
LACELLE aka NEON MATTISSE invites all to her new art opening
at the GREEN DOOR, 198 Main Street from 07Jan. to 06Feb. Also LACELLE
will host/show a community MAIL ART exhibit with information how all
artists can participate in this modern international 'art movement.
HELENE LACELLE is not only a recognized artist but also an actor/co-producer of several feature films and host/originator of the ONE&ONLY art FAIR which held it's 3rd annual fair last November at the Sandy Hill Comm. Centre. As well, she has illustrated several books and is the co-creator of the on-line publishing 'empire' bookshandmade.com |
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Sunday NOV.22 ONE + ONLY CRAFT SALE Sandy Hill Community Center. What a HUGE success! OH WHAT FUN! |
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Laura
Fauquier taking out a tray of devilled eggs as Jim Hall in
the background rolls another burrito! Peter and his crew
cooked all day keeping everyone's tummy full of burritos, samosas, potato
salad, Swedish meatballs, chicken penne & thai noodles!
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Joanne
Lockyer sitting pretty with her crafts at the ONE + ONLY craft sale
at he Sandy Hill Community Center on Sunday Nov.22.
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ONE + ONLY CRAFT FAIR NOV.22 Would you like a FREE burrito with that hand-knitted Apalca wool scarf? That's right, eat free GOURMET food all day while you shop at OTTAWA's funnest one day craft sale. The ONE + ONLY craft sale is on again! Visit us at the Sandy Hill community Centre at 250 Somerset East. Your CHEF Pierre Evanchuck will temp you with tasty tidbits from around the as you feast your eyes on craft's from the regions best artisans! SHOP
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Adorable
Molly + Emma in Windsor Park today. Emma bought the Paris collage
and said that she knew so many people living in Paris. Molly took the
Marie-Antoinette collage just because it was so cute! Talk about cute!
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WINDSOR PARK SEPT.19 Everybody loves Peter's 'Garden 'Shrooms! It was a treat to spend the entire day outside in the beautiful September sunshine. |
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NEONMatisse putting up some NEON patio lanterns sunday morning. There's still lot's of summer left in the air, now! |
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SATURDAY AUG.15 NEONMATISSE aka Helene Lacelle at OTTAWA ECOLOGICAL FAIR in Minto Park off Elgin St. Stefan Tompson traded one of his wild little animal paintings for one of my necklaces today! |
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Part 2 of my show at Timothy's Cafe/GAllery is up. The back wall has our MAIL ART GALLORE works and the other walls have ORIGINAL collages + mosaics in resin. Here you see my digital compositons of vintage images and folkart trimmed with delicate yellow paper lace. Show runs until the end of August. Come on down!
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Here I am at Timothy's Cafe/Gallery, 234 Laurier east, Ottawa, having a quiet coffee surrounded by my art - FOLK ART FOR THE FOLKS - show on until the end of August. Come on down! |
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Saturday July 18, Minto Park, Otawa Another show, another Saturday in the park! People love to look at Peter's mushrooms. All the little kids want to sit on them. Some bigger kids would like to eat them. |
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Writer'sGathering 07June hosted by Peter Evanchuck. PLEASE NOTE: due to cancer issues, Peter will be unable to host the July 05 meeting. |
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Art in the Park in the Glebe is actually called 'the New Art's Festival' now. I love coming to this show. It's my favorite 2 days of the year. I love the anticipation while every one is setting up their tents, we all hope for sunshine! And sunshine we got! The weekend went by in a blur. I think this might have been the best turn-out ever. Next thing you know I'm taking down my tent and it's time to go home. |
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My booth was right by the edge of Paterson Creek, what a perfect spot! |
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Peter playing peek-a-boo with a man sculpture from Gallerie Lafrenierre + Pei. |
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Patterson Creek in all it's glory. You are actually seeing just a fraction of all the booths. Most are on the other side of Clemow St. |
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Peter's mushroom were hard to keep down! We ran out on the first day and had to go back home and quickly finish off a new batch! |
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Time to go home. What a super weekend!
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NEXT 'WRITER'S GATHERING' JUNE 7 - LA MAISON - 6 pm corner King Edward + Somerset |
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LA MAISON - THE HOUSE corner King Edward + Somerset, Sandy Hill |
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LAKESIDE
GARDENS
I
was in Britannia Beach last weekend selling my little blocks at a fundraiser
for the Hearing Impaired Society. It was an interesting show for sure.
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bi-annual cancer tests, sorry for delays/etc. Peter Evanchuck Peter's been going in for bi-annual cancer checkups - then the big one where Peter will have to go off meds and go crazy for a couple months as his system withdraws from mood altering thyroid hormones - last time was a nightmare - keep ur fingers crossed and ur toes for PETER's safe report.... not ready to go to the big bookstore in the sky yet...too much to do in this lovely world - for those who's books & requests have been delayed we thank you for ur patience - Peter's hoping he'll be ok to continue with the free community 'Writer's Gathering' that he originated and hosts first Sunday of the month - the next one is 07June - all welcome : HELEN & PETER. |
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Peter
Evanchuck was recognized last Tuesday night at the Sandy Hill Community
Centre by ASH for his contribution in the community as one of the Volunteers of the Year! |
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We
have a new blog called GOOPmail
art. People from all around the world send us ART MAIL and we then
put the MAIL ART up in our designated art Gallery in our home.
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Saturday May 9 09 The morning started out
sunny and warm but by 11 am it was drizzling and getting cooler. Plenty
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Sandy Hill food coop 5th anniversary, May 03 Oh what fun it is to drink organic mango juice and sell your craft out side on a beautiful Saturday morning. The food coop in Sandy Hill held it's 5th anniversary and was celebrated with a superb all you can eat organic bbq, face painting for the kids and live music. |
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Join
in and meet fellow writer's at La Maison corner King Edward + Somerset
this MAY 03 at 6pm
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FRIENDS OF THE (funny) FARM Helene visits Maria during the craft fair at the Experimental Farm on Saturday Apriil the 25. Lot's of yummy baked goods and hand-made stuff for the people by the people. Ya sure the picture is a bit fuzzy, but dont worry about it. |
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| The writers gather at 'la maison' in Sandy Hill on Sunday April5. Words + ideas were exchanged + fun + laughter ensued. |
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| BRING UR WORK IN PROGRESS - SMALL, informal, GET TOGETHER OF INTERESTED, SMART, INVOLVED WRITERS TO MEET LA MAISON / THE HOUSE PUB at King Edward + Somerset, at 6p.m next APRIL 05, 09 for a few hours - to read/present their 'work in progress' for some fine, smart, interesting feedback from us... contact Peter Evanchuck for more info at bookshandmade@yahoo.ca |
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| With Spring just around the corner Book + Art fairs are sure to follow! We have lot's of new fun stuff for 2009. Helene in Windsor Park last september selling some neat things! |
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| Collapsed House of GD ROBERTSFrom Douglas NB, Charles GD Roberts attended UNB, grew up in Sackville, NB then spend his later years in Toronto and New York. |
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| WRITERS GATHERING at La maison Restaurant at Somerset + King Edward, hosted by Peter Evanchuck, on Sunday March 1. |
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| BRING UR WORK IN PROGRESS - SMALL, informal, GET TOGETHER OF INTERESTED, SMART, INVOLVED WRITERS TO MEET FIRST SUNDAY OF MONTH in SANDY HILL, OTTAWA at 6p.m next 01March09 for a few hours - to read/present their 'work in progress' for some fine, smart, interesting feedback from us... contact Peter Evanchuck for more info at bookshandmade@yahoo.ca |
| ECO-FAIR Ottawa University Feb.25 2009 All the ECO-Girls together. |
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| Thanks to Peter Twidale for nice article that helps celebrate our first year of bookshandmade an Ottawa Publisher combining the old and new ways of publishing. |
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| Peter Evanchuck and Helene Lacelle thank all the volunteers who helped make our second ONE&ONLY CRAFT & ART Community event/show a huge success with 55 artists/crafters showing their creative work and over 1000 wonderful peole coming to look, buy and taste the free food provided by ASH cooked and presented by volunteer chef Peter Evanchuck and his happy assistants. |
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| the ONE&ONLY art and craft show/sale that is organized by volunteer Helene Lacelle and Peter Evanchuck with the help of Maria von Finkenstein community organizer for ASH who generously supported the event along with George Blake at the Sandy Hill Community Centre. |
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| Preparing for the FEAST of Nations are Maria von Finkenstein of ASH, chef Peter Evanchuk, artist/assistant Helene Lacelle. |
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| chef Peter Evanchuck and assistant, Helene Lacelle, with their kind volunteers help make their first ever Xmas Eve Brunch a huge success sponsored by ASH (Maria von Finckenstein ) and SandyHilll Community Centre (.. George Blake.. ) |
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THE BABY BAKERY is a delightful book for children of all ages about the necessity of accepting who you are and where you come from. Natania beleives it is viatal for children to understand the importance of love and family but also to accept their true selves.
The Baby Bakery
by Natania Abebe
illustrations by: Joshua Fulmore
A book of funnies for uncertain times.
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Ottawa
author JoJo'Birdy'Walton
writes from the heart,
the street and where ever his next meal takes him.
BOOKHANDMADE
is delighted to be the
first to publish Birdy's work.
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A CAT BEGAT story:P.eveanchuck Illustration:H.lacelle |
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HOW INJUN JOE KILLED MARY MOTHER OF GOD story:P.Evanchuck Illustration: DEWI |
