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Running the Goat Books

@runningthegoat.bsky.social

A Newfoundland-based micropress specializing in children's books and letterpress-printed chapbooks. Visit our bookstore and printshop in Tors Cove. https://linktr.ee/runningthegoat Find Marnie at her personal account: rtgbooks.bsky.social

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Running the Goat Books@runningthegoat.bsky.social · 8h ago

Greenhouse so full of cucumbers, you don't know what to do with them all? Agnes doesn't only use hers to defend her home against pirates, she usually eats them. You'll find a few of her favourite recipes for cukes at the end of AGNES'S GARDEN.

An illustration from Agnes's Garden. Agnes, a white woman with red hair and a long yellow dress, stands in a green house full of flowering cucumber plants. Her grey cat and brown dog sit nearby
Running the Goat Books@runningthegoat.bsky.social · 6d ago

Check out the NEW website for the Tara Bryan Legacy Fund! Since 2023, the Tara Bryan Legacy Fund (TBLF) has been supporting book arts in the province with annual workshops and artist talks, in memory of Tara's lasting community impact and excellence in the book arts field.

A screenshot of the header of the website. The TBLF logo against a red, yellow, orange, and grey watercolour background.
Running the Goat Books@runningthegoat.bsky.social · 2w ago

What a great time at the folk festival yesterday! If you'd like to read a book that celebrates the way that music can connect us across generations and cultures, and tells the story of an iconic set of accordion tunes, THE MYSTERY OF THE PORTUGUESE WALTZES is the book for you.

An illustration by Caroline Clarke from The Mystery of the Portuguese Waltzes. A man and a boy play music together under a starry sky. The man is tall, white, with black hair and a short beard; he is playing the guitar. The boy is white, with short brown hair, playing a large accordion. They are both standing on the bellows of a yellow and blue accordion
Running the Goat Books@runningthegoat.bsky.social · 2w ago

Illustrated with paintings and sketches of the Ferryland area by Gerald Squires, as well as actual family photos from the time the Squires family lived in the lighthouse, THE FERRYLAND VISITOR by Chris Cotter is a true ghost story with terrific atmosphere and a tremendous sense of place.

A rough pencil sketch of the Ferryland lighthouse and keepers' house seen from below.A vintage colour photo of the red lighthouse and white keepers' house. One side of the house is being scraped and painted. There are boards nearby to use in the renovation
Running the Goat Books@runningthegoat.bsky.social · 2w ago

We recently restocked our supply of Wild Island Tea! You can once again pick up some tea, along with a mug to drink it in, to enjoy with your book. They're only available in the shop; stop by the shop 10am - 5pm, any day except Tuesday.

A photo of a display of tea packages on the top of an old-fashioned stove. On the lower level of the stove there is a display of mugs, bags of sugar, and salt.
Running the Goat Books@runningthegoat.bsky.social · 2w ago

(Playing Regatta Roulette by pre-scheduling posts) In honour of Regatta Day, here’s the beginning of ‘Vessels’ a recitation by Dave Paddon about an argument over who has the best boat. See how it ends, and find more of Dave’s hilarious recitations in HALF THE LIES YOU TELL ARE NOT TRUE.

An illustration by Duncan Major from Half the Lies, with the first four stanzas of the reception. The illustration is a sketch done in grey on yellow, showing a Labrador dog rowing a boat away from an approaching fishing boat. The prow of the row boat is making large waves, as it speeds away. Below the water there is a codfish, jellyfish, and a submarine. [text in image] Uncle Jim Buckle and Uncle Bill Shea were out on Jim's bridge, one fine summer's day, when a racket broke our, as is often the case, over whose boat was better and who'd win a race. And whose could stand the most lop or hold the most fish, and which one was cranky, and which one was nish. And which one was better for out at the turrs, and which one rowed sow-ways and which one looked worse. Sure, they couldn't even agree what I was that they had, and that's when they turned off from crusty to mad. "It's a rodney," said Jim, "and you're stunned as a killick! Bill said, "'Tis a punt, boy, you foolish old twillick." Then Jim said he'd settle things, for once and for all, by telling the tale of what happened last fall; he was out in his... vessel for a meal of cod, with his good buddy Phonse and .. ah Phonse is a dog