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Barb Minett

Barb Minett

Barb Minett is a lifelong lover of books, longtime Guelph Resident and co-founder of The Bookshelf at 42 Quebec Str. She can be reached at [email protected]

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Recent Work by Barb

On The Bookshelf: Tragedy and triumph interwine in Peacocks of Instagram

On The Bookshelf: Tragedy and triumph interwine in Peacocks of Instagram

How can lives that contain challenges and  tragedy also be brimming with humour? Peacocks of Instagram shows us
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Massey Lecture brings Ian Williams to Bookshelf this month

Massey Lecture brings Ian Williams to Bookshelf this month

Author of What I Mean to Say: Remaking Conversation In Our Time will appear Nov. 12
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ON THE BOOKSHELF: Salman Rushdie triumphs hate with love

ON THE BOOKSHELF: Salman Rushdie triumphs hate with love

Salman Rushdie's Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder details the attempt on his life and subsequent recovery
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On The Bookshelf: Our Green Heart by Diana Beresford-Kroeger

On The Bookshelf: Our Green Heart by Diana Beresford-Kroeger

In this instalment of On The Bookshelf, Barb Minett looks at the latest release from an author set to appear at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival
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ON THE BOOKSHELF: The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing

ON THE BOOKSHELF: The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing

When the garden, not the gardener, tells the story
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On The Bookshelf: Crosses in the Sky

On The Bookshelf: Crosses in the Sky

Barb Minett reviews Mark Bourrie’s deep dive into the Jesuits’ 1600s effort to create its own nation around the Great Lakes
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On The Bookshelf : Unrooted, a fascinating 'botany memoir'

On The Bookshelf: Unrooted, a fascinating 'botany memoir'

Erin Zimmerman will also be at The Bookshelf May 25 for a reading and book signing
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ON THE BOOKSHELF: The Coming Wave of AI

ON THE BOOKSHELF: The Coming Wave of AI

'These are his warnings in this most urgent book ... AI cannot be stopped. We need watertight answers for how this wave is to be controlled'
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On The Bookshelf: Country of the Blind

On The Bookshelf: Country of the Blind

Barb Minett reviews Andrew Leland's deep dive into the achievements and challenges of those who are blind
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ON THE BOOKSHELF: Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy

ON THE BOOKSHELF: Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy

The story of Google's failed attempt to land in Toronto
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