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Running the Goat Books
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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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NOVEMBER HOURS: Thursday - Sunday, 10:30am - 4pm

www.runningthegoat.com

Otherwise by chance or appointment. Taking a chance? Knock at # 54; Marnie will be happy to open the shop, if she's around.

Please Note: We'll be closed from the 6th-9th for the CCNL Christmas Craft Fair
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Take your kids on a nonsense safari, inspiring imaginative and creative play with THE SNIGER AND THE FLOOSE.

Ask for it at your local bookstore, or find it at www.runningthegoat.com

#KidLit
An illustration by Katie Brosnan from The Sniger and the Floose. A flock of jelly fligeons flying through the trees. They lok like blue birds with spiralling tentacles where their tails should be.
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Get all the latest from Running the Goat with our monthly newsletter.

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A screenshot of the newsletter. The header image is an illustration by Manon Gauthier from All of Us. It is a painted cardboard collage of a group of penguins. [text in image] Oodles of great books, and opportunities to shop small and local this holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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What a great weekend at the Anna Templeton Centre’s Christmas Tea and Sale!

Thanks so much to the organizers, volunteers, and everyone who came out to shop and make this fair such a success. We’re so glad to have it back in our holiday fair schedule.
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The Goat Express in on the move! We deliver online orders between Tors Cove and St. John’s within a few days for just $5.

Shop small and local this holiday season, and get your books delivered to your door.

Check out our curated selection of books for all ages at www.runningthegoat.com
a photo of a large paper bag with a "delivered by Goat Express" sticker on it. The sticker shows an image of a goat leaping through the air.
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Andy Jones is here at the Anna Templeton Centre signing copies of his books for the next hour or so!
A photo of Andy, a balding, round-faced white man with a short white beard and glasses. He is holding a copy of Barefoot Helen and the Giants
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It's the last day of the Anna Templeton Centre's Christmas Tea and Sale.

We'll be here from 10- 4 with kids' books, handmade books, and cards.

Find us on the first of four stories full of fabulous craft!
A photo of kids books on a market table
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Our friend Renee is running the shop this weekend!

Her book pick today is Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart "Brittlestar" Reynolds.

Stop by 10:30 - 4, today or Sunday to get other great recommendations from her.

Or order online at www.runningthegoat.com
A photo of Renee's book pick
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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It's day two of the Anna Templeton Christmas Tea and Sale.

Stop in to explore four stories of craft and get some delicious treats!

Saturday and Sunday 10 - 4.
A photo of some kids books on our table, overseen by a festive flamingo decoration
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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What's on your book gifting list this year? Here is a (small) selection of books by Newfoundland and Labrador authors, some of which I've gifted and others I *hope* I'm gifted!

caveat: this list is in no particular order and it's *very* partial. I could easily have many, many more.
A list of books titled "Reading Newfoundland and Labrador: a bunch of books I have gifted (or will gift) to others, and a few that i'm gifting myself. The list that follows includes all the titles in the coming linked posts. At the end of the list, I note a caveat that the list is in no particular order and I could have included many more.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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All set up for the Anna Templeton Centre's Christmas Tea and Sale!

It runs from 1pm - 7pm today, and 10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday. Stop in to pick up some of our wonderful kids' books and letterpress-printed cards, and explore four stories worth of craft at this coziest of craft fairs.
A market table full of books with a spinning rack of cards
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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New books in our Tors Cove shop: poetry, essays, art books, and nonfiction.

Find them on our shelves Thursday- Sunday, 10:30 - 4, or online anytime at www.runningthegoat.com

We deliver between Tors Cove and St. John's for just $5.

[Please note: we are closed today for a craft fair in Town]
A Steady Brightness of Being: truth, wisdom, and love from celebrated Indigenous voices Voices of Resistance: diaries of genocide Five books. They are For Your Safety Please Hold On by Kayla Czaga; Best Canadian Poetry 2026, selected by Mary Dalton; Best Canadian Essays 2026, selected by Brian Bethune; Winter in Tilting by Robert Mellin; and Boat: photographs by Katherine Knight What the Chicken Knows: a new appreciation of the world's most familiar bird by Sy Montgomery
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The shop is closed today Friday November 21st.

Find us with our kids’ books and cards at the Anna Templeton Centre’s Christmas Tea and Sale, and the rest of our stock on our website www.runningthegoat.com

We’ll be open Saturday and Sunday 10:30 - 4, as usual.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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In a beautiful mixing of art and science, Manon Gauthier celebrates the animal cell that unites us with all the creatures of the world by using the basic cell shape to make up part of every animal in all her illustrations for ALL OF US.

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A cardboard and paper collage of the structure of an animal cell. A cardboard and paper collage of a moose standing in a stream as a fish leaps out of the water. The moose has a large oblong head, the same shape as the fish's body
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Here's a little sneak peek of one of our upcoming titles.

Look forward to some adorable and entertaining puffins early next year!
A segment of a book cover. You can see a puffin in a red suit and a large blue ball with a puffin standing on top. [text in image] Lori D
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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We'll be at the Anna Templeton Centre's Christmas Tea and Sale this weekend with our kid's books and letterpress printed cards.

Look at all the great craftspeople we'll be sharing the first floor with; and there will be even more on the floors above. It's a sale that's not to be missed!
A poster for the Tea and Sale. [text in image] Friday November 1-8pm. Saturday November 22 10am-4pm. Sunday, November 23 10am - 4pm. $5 admission. 278 Duckworth St A floor plan of the first level, showing tables for Running the Goat, Rayku Pottery, Susan Lee, Designs by Janet, Sundew Silks, Driven to Ink, Because I Felt Like It, Sprindrift Handknits, and Wit's End Ceramics
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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A lovely review of Manon Gauthier's ALL OF US!

Read the whole thing here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...

Thanks so much to @hkubiw.bsky.social for her thoughtful reviews of Canadian children's literature.

#KidLit
The cover of All of Us, with a review quote. [text in image] Whether you're a teacher who'd love to introduce a lesson on the diversity of living things with a captivating picture book, or open a lesson on animal cells, or even launch discussions about inclusivity and connection, All of Us will work beautifully. read it for the messaging which is presented gracefully or for the intriguing artwork, All of Us is a book for all of us about all of us.
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Mr Beagle has had many cases around St. John’s over the years, but the case he solved in Georgetown is always relevant: it centres around missing storybooks and ends with the establishment of a neighbourhood library!

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An illustration by Lori Doody from Mr Beagle and the Georgetown Mystery. Mr Beagle, a beagle in a red sweater and blue pants stands at the library checkout desk with a copy of Fantastic Mr Fox. A smiling fox is ready to check out his book for him. AN orange cat and his grey kitten wait in line behind his with their own books.
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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New books in our Tors Cove shop: poetry, essays, art books, and nonfiction.

Find them on our shelves Thursday- Sunday, 10:30 - 4, or online anytime at www.runningthegoat.com
A Steady Brightness of Being: truth, wisdom, and love from celebrated Indigenous voices. Voices of Resistance: diaries of genocide What the Chicken Knows: a new appreciation of the world's most familiar bird by Sy Montgomery. Five books. They are For Your Safety Please Hold On by Kayla Czaga; Best Canadian Poetry 2026, selected by Mary Dalton; Best Canadian Essays 2026, selected by Brian Bethune; Winter in Tilting by Robert Mellin; and Boat: photographs by Katherine Knight
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Rainy days are book days, perfect for curling up together with a sweet story like POLLY MACCAULEY’S FINEST DIVINEST WOOLIEST GIFT OF ALL, or one of our other wonderful kids’ titles.

You can find them all, and ebooks of many our books, on our website: www.runnignthegoat.com

#KidLit
An illustration by Drake Erdeli from Polly MacCauley's Finest Divinest Wooliest Girst of All. A white sheep in a turquoise striped sweater and rain boots holds a red umbrella and walks under three rain clouds pinned to a clothes line
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Attention St. John’s book lovers: Our shelves are packed with so many great books, and we deliver to Town.

Use our website to shop small and local this holiday season, and take advantage of our $5 local delivery. We’ll have your books to you within a few days.

www.runningthegoat.com
three shelves full books, against a bright green wall.
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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SEASONS BEFORE THE WAR celebrates the small joys of childhood, and the ways children played in late 1930’s St. John’s; in many ways not so different from how children play today.

Pick up a copy of this beautiful book to read with the family this holiday season.

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An illustration by Britta Granstrom from Seasons Before the War. A painting of a young white girl lying on the floor, arranging marbles in the holes of the latticed metal foot pedal of an antique singer sewing machine
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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It's a beautiful fall day in Tors Cove! The sun is out, there's a lovely breeze, and the seals are enjoying the waves down at Lower Beach.

Our shop is open until 4, if you want to stop in for a new book after enjoying a walk by the ocean.
A photo of Fox Island from the East Coast Trail. The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds, the water between the island and the beach is turquoise, and full of white surf
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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New kids books, and some restocked favourites in our Tors Cove shop!

Stop by the store Thursday - Sunday, 10:30am - 4pm, or browse our selection online at www.runningthegoat.com
Seamus and the Shiny Things by Cara Kinsala Aldo Ghost Dog by Joaquin Camp. Four picture books. Two are picture books by Matthew Forsythe; they are Pokko and the Drum, and Mina. A middle grade nove; The Swallow's Flight by Hilary McKay. A middle grade graphic novel; Oates and the Elphyne by Michael Walsh
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Mark your calendars for Christmas in the Cove!

December 6th and 7th, 10am - 4pm.

We'll have book signings, a sale in the shop, and plenty of Christmas cheer!

Find all the detail here:
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The detail s of the event against a photo of Running the Goat's shop with large fluffy snowflakes falling from the sky. Text in image is repeated in post
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Take a moment to enjoy one of our favourite illustrations from LOLA FLIES ALONE!

Bill Pechet’s transformed fairies perfectly complement the measured silliness of Bill Richardson’s story.

All three of their collaborations are laugh-out-loud fun for the while family to enjoy.

#KidLit
A page from Lola Flies Alone. The illustration shows two fairies, one with its head, arms, and legs sticking out of a square of egg salad sandwich, the other with a pickle for a body. [text in image] "What if I don't want to be generous? said the greedy fairy, most peevishly. "then I will turn YOU into a sandwich," said Lola, waving her magic wand, "or a pickle, and someone will eat you up!" The fairy saw that Lola was ready for anything. She shrieked and vanished, leaving behind an unfortunate waft of rotten egg
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM