Writing and Publishing Archives

Bees’ legs as Pollen Press

Posted by Dorothy Lander M’s Humble Bumble bee companion in Hmmm – M the Humdinger (www.harppublishing.ca/books/hmmm) When I was crafting M’s humming companions for the intergenerational storybook entitled...

By Dorothy Lander Published June 24, 2021 Animal Medicine, Art for Health Practitioners, Arts-Based Research, Bookstore, Children, Nature Writing, Poetry, Writing and Publishing

The Curious Cat Tea and Books and HARP the People’s Press: A pARTnership

The Curious Cat Tea and Books will open this summer on Main Street, Antigonish in partnership with HARP Publishing The People’s Press. We know it is real when there is...

By Dorothy Lander Published May 29, 2021 Bookstore, Grief and Loss, Health Equity, Memoir, Nature Writing, People's Photo Album, Poetry, Sneak Previews, Social Inclusion, Writing and Publishing

Individual Orders for Botanical “M” Cards – $4 each

The Cards Botanical Mi’kma’ki Individual Orders by Number 1 through 12 $4 CDN per card $19 CDN for any 6 of your choice $37 CDN for set of 12...

By Dorothy Lander Published December 16, 2020 Artists, Nature Writing, Shopping Online

Botanical Greeting Cards – Gifts for Nature Lovers

The 12 botanical collages that illustrate the storybook Hmmm – M the Humdinger are available as 5’ x 7’ greeting cards. www.harppublishing.ca/books/hmmm Dorothy Lander crafted the botanicals collages and M’s...

By Dorothy Lander Published December 15, 2020 Art for Health Practitioners, Artists, Nature Writing, Shopping Online, Stories of the Healing Arts

KPH – You’re Just My TYPEwriter!

You’re Just My TYPEwriter! – by Kyla Heyming, KPH – For Those I Have Loved (HARP, 2020) https://www.harppublishing.ca/books/for-those-i-have-loved/ My love affair with the typewriter began as most passions do:...

By Dorothy Lander Published November 21, 2020 Art for Health Practitioners, Death and Dying, Grief and Loss, Memoir, Poetry, Writing and Publishing

Hmmm: A Storybook as Appreciative Inquiry in 5-D

You can take the girl out of the research lab But you can’t take the research lab out of the girl I am astonished to come to this conclusion so...

By Dorothy Lander Published November 8, 2020 Animal Medicine, Art for Health Practitioners, Artists, Arts-Based Research, Book Reviews, Children, Health Equity, Nature Writing, Social Inclusion, Stories of the Healing Arts, Writing and Publishing

The Azure Bluet (Damselfly) hums in Hmmm – M the Humdinger

The petals of the blue hydrangea were the better side of perfect for crafting the mating damselflies (azure bluet – enalagma aspersum), p. 48 in my just released botanical book...

By Dorothy Lander Published October 26, 2020 Art for Health Practitioners, Children, Health Equity, Nature Writing, Social Inclusion, Stories of the Healing Arts, Writing and Publishing

Reading Aloud Nature Writing

John and I have taken to reading aloud Nature writing first thing in the morning. Yesterday, we were so sad when we came to the end of Dara McAnulty’s Diary...

By Dorothy Lander Published October 18, 2020 Animal Medicine, Artists, blog, Carbon Couple, Children, Climate Change, Health Equity, Nature Writing, Social Inclusion, Writing and Publishing

Animal Medicine: Advance Praise for Hmmm! M the Humdinger

Animal Medicine: Advance Praise for Hmmm! M the Humdinger The dream of every publisher, writer, and artist—an unsolicited endorsement. Advance praise for Dorothy Lander’s musical botanical picture book, Hmmm! M...

By Dorothy Lander Published October 13, 2020 Animal Medicine, Art for Health Practitioners, Artists, Arts-Based Research, Children, Health Equity, Nature Writing, Social Inclusion, Stories of the Healing Arts, Writing and Publishing

Our Essential Pollinators

This year we stopped mowing our lawn, to re-wild our surroundings and welcome our essential pollinators. We have been reminded of their presence and their absence throughout the summer of...

By Dorothy Lander Published October 11, 2020 blog, Book Launch, Carbon Couple, Climate Change, Nature Writing

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