One of ten winning golden seal bookmarks (credit: Lorne Daniel)
Ten golden seal bookmarks. Hundreds of Little Free Libraries. One poetic adventure.
To celebrate the launch of his new poetry collection What is Broken Binds Us, local author and placemaking advocate Lorne Daniel has teamed up with the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network’s (GVPN) Pocket Places Project to create a one-of-a-kind literary scavenger hunt across the region.
Bookmarks promoting Daniel’s new book have been delivered to little free libraries (LFLs) across the region. Ten of the bookmarks feature a golden seal with the word “Winner!” and instructions on how to claim a complimentary copy of his new book of poetry.
“People are such avid readers in Victoria,” says Lorne Daniel, one of the original founders of the GVPN. “I love the idea of tucking pieces of poetry into the community, just as Little Free Libraries tuck books into the everyday lives of readers. This collaboration brings both together in a beautiful way.”
Author Lorne Daniel with winning golden seal bookmark
What is Broken Binds Us was published on September 15 by University of Calgary Press (Brave & Brilliant series). It will be launched at a reading event in Victoria on October 7, and additional readings by Lorne Daniel in Tofino, Vancouver, and four Alberta cities in the coming months.
How to join the hunt for golden seal bookmarks:
- Check your local Little Free Library — you might just find a golden seal bookmark!
- If you find a golden seal bookmark, it will tell you how to claim your free copy of What is Broken Binds Us
- Follow author Lorne Daniel on social media for clues and updates:
- Instagram lorne_daniel
- Bluesky lornedaniel.bsky.social
A collection of photos of bookmarks being delivered to local LFLs (image credit: GVPN/Phelps Bondaroff)
While you’re at it, of course, enjoy all the great reading material available at the region’s Little Free Libraries, and feel free to top them up with your own surplus books!
Did you know?
The Pocket Places Project has been promoting, mapping, building, and stocking little free libraries in the CRD since 2017, and the Greater Victoria Area has the highest documented density of little free libraries in Canada! The full map of nearly 1,000 LFLs in Victoria can be found here:
https://victoriaplacemaking.ca/little-free-libraries/
Guest Author Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff
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