Category Archives: Canada

Light Up Winter

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

If you’ve ever visited Montreal during the winter months, then you know that it can be cold, dark and dreary, but each year the Luminothérapie festival discovers new and entertaining ways to dispel the gloom and lighten up the season. … Continue reading →

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Two Travelers

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Like millions of Leonard Cohen fans around the world I have been mourning the passing of the legendary poet, singer, songwriter, and novelist. We can only console ourselves with the extraordinary body of work that he has left us. The … Continue reading →

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Station to Station

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

This very neat infographic was created for the British travel agency Pettitts.

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Literature vs Traffic

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Regular visitors to Travel Between The Pages will be aware of my profound appreciation for the work of the Spanish environmental art collective Luzinterruptus. Just a few days ago, they completed their latest installation in Toronto, Canada called Literatura vs … Continue reading →

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Dispensing Culture

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Distriboto is a brilliant project in Montreal that re-purposes old cigarette vending machines to dispense comic books, zines, poetry, stories, mini-CDs, pins,and assorted original artworks. Collaborating with more than 1,000 local artists and writers, the project loads old vending machines with … Continue reading →

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Without Libraries What Are We

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Montreal-based Instagramer Olivier Martel Savoie has been traveling the world for the last two years visiting libraries and taking terrific photos with just his trusty iPhone. His series #olive_libraries covers beautiful institutions from Budapest to Boston. “Without libraries what have … Continue reading →

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It’s Cooler Underground

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Canadian photographer Chris Forsyth has been spending most of his free time underground for the past few years. Beginning in his home town of Montreal, he has traveled the world’s underground transit systems capturing very stylized images for a series … Continue reading →

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What’s In A Title

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Many thanks to Lucy from Jonkers Rare Books in lovely Henley-on-Thames for this wonderful infographic. If you can’t get to the UK, you can still visit the terrific bookshop via their website.

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Montreal in History

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Here in the New World we tend to forget that we too have a history. Montreal, one of my all time favorite North American cities, was founded in 1642. In the run-up to next year’s 375th anniversary celebrations, Montreal tourism folks … Continue reading →

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What’s In A Name

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Brian D. Butler
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