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Do-Lit-Yourself: Literary #notd

Watching the Giller livestream with bated breath, the LPG/All Lit Up team avoided much hand-wringing and, later, jubilant hand-flailing by nothing other than painting our nails to look like some of our favourite LPG covers.

September 18 2014

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Do-Lit-Yourself is a column for book lovers with a crafty streak. This pinteresting monthly is penned by LPG Education and Engagement manager Lauren Perruzza.Watching the Giller livestream with bated breath, the LPG/All Lit Up team avoided much hand-wringing and, later, jubilant hand-flailing* by nothing other than painting our nails to look like some of our favourite LPG book covers.We’re sharing them on Instagram with the hashtag #literarynotd, but we’ve also rounded them up here, for your viewing pleasure (hand models, all!). Christen Thomas, Executive DirectorOcean, by Sue Goyette (Gaspereau Press) Barb Phillips, Business ManagerThe White Oneida, by Jean Rae Baxter (Ronsdale Press)Tanya Snyder, Marketing ManagerBourbon and Eventide, Mike Spry (Invisible Publishing)Tan Light, Sales ManagerEating Habits of the Chronically Lonesome, Megan Gail Coles (Creative Book Publishing)Lauren Perruzza, Education and Engagement ManagerSummertime Swamp Love, Patricia Young (Palimpsest Press)Julia Horel, LitDistCo General ManagerSweet Life, Linda Biasotto (Coteau Books) Emily Kellogg, Intern ExtraordinaireMr. Jones, Margaret Sweatman (Goose Lane Editions)*To be honest, the flailing really did cut down on our drying time.

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