NYC Dispatch

I brought books to Brooklyn bookstores and made something for a dog-themed art show back in Toronto

My Books are in Brooklyn

I brought more copies of my publications to Quimby’s NYC and Spoonbill & Sugartown in Brooklyn—they both have Rocks Don’t Move & Other Questionable Facts and Welcome to Bloordale Beach. Quimby’s also now has Letters to Spielberg.

Quimby's on the left, Spoonbill & Sugartown on the right

I have one other book at a store in NYC and that’s Goodbye, Galleria at Printed Matter in Chelsea. There it is, on the shelf.

World Pup 2026

I embroidered a dog and it’s in the World Pup show at Gallery 1065. The opening is on June 11 at Gallery 1065 (1065 Bloor St. W.), 6 to 8 p.m., just in time for FIFA SCHMIFA madness.

Everything at the show will be hung at dog level, and they’re encouraging you to stop by with your dog(s).

The dog I embroidered is based on a local dog statue. An embroidery of a dog statue is the most hypoallergenic dog I have heard of. If you can identify where you’ve seen this dog in overalls, you get all the points.

I dropped off the piece at the gallery before leaving for New York. Below you can see a picture of it when I left it at the gallery.

Balloon Hat Man

I also made a new embroidery of a local human being. It’s Balloon Hat Man who you might recognize as an annual character at Bloordale’s BIG on Bloor Festival. He’s available for sale on my website. You can see him below with my very hypoallergenic piano cat, a $9.99 Value Village steal of a deal.

Balloon Hat Man

Other Stuff

• June 13 and 14: I’ll be down at Harbourfront at the Luminato tent west of the main Harbourfront building, selling things I made, like books, prints, and multiples. Come visit me, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. I’ll also have some designs on fence panels down there, amidst some kind of mini-golf situation. Last week, we began decorating the Luminato at Harboufront wayfinding panels. More on that soon. Conveniently, the colours match Luminato’s branding. Yes, that weekend coincides with FIFA SCHMIFA, but you’re welcome to focus on the art instead.

• I’m in New York, staying at a lovely apartment in Manhattan that has all my books and photos of me that come up in the slideshow of pictures in a digital frame, so it feels just like home. Thanks to my brother and sister-in-law for this. It’s the best version of the US that I know.

That’s all for now.

Yours truly,

Shari K.