Author Archives: hownovelbooksandart

Is your ideal pet independent, incredibly soft and warm in your lap, and excellent at yoga?  Or is your ideal pet loyal, playful, trainable, and able to fill you with gut-wrenching guilt anytime you selfishly treat yourself to a piece of jerky? Whether you’re a cat person or a dog person, we have a bookContinue reading “May is Pet Month”

How Novel likes to offer art workshops. So far we’ve done Drawing Still-lifes and Zentanges, and we have a Watercolor Basics scheduled for May 28th. Two of these events have been taught by me (Nikki) and while I really enjoy teaching… and art… I know there are people out there who have skills and stylesContinue reading “Wanted: Art Instructors”

The month of May, surprisingly, celebrates a lot of things! Moms – Graduation – Jewish Heritage – Bikes – Pets… and we’ve got books for all of them! Come in and see these themes displayed around the store! Dates to Remember: • 15th: Butte Farmers’ Market opening day –look for How Novel’s art and craftsContinue reading “May Goings-On”

Since Mothers’ Day is sneaking up on us (May 9th!), I’ve collected a bunch of books that have to do with moms and parenting! Check out our collection of mom-related reads, perhaps for gifts! Belly Laughs is great for moms-to-be, letting her know that she’s not alone in all the weird, gross, scary things thatContinue reading “Books for Moms”

The people of Butte have been very impressed by one of How Novel’s artists, Lauren Kruckenberg, and today I received some more of her work! I’m excited to share these examples of her unique, surreal images, and I hope you will come in soon to see them in person!

How Novel just learned how to do Direct to Home orders from our wholesaler! So, if you’re homebound, or thinking you won’t be in How Novel’s neighborhood in the near future, and you don’t mind paying a little extra for shipping, I can have it sent directly to you! Books can still be special orderedContinue reading “Have Special Orders Shipped to Your Home!”

April is Poetry Month! We’ll have our books of poetry prominently displayed around the store for you to enjoy. 6th -10th: How Novel is closed for an after-Easter holiday 13th: Zentangle Drawing Class with Barbara Lindquist! Participation is limited, so please contact How Novel so we can save your spot. $20 per person. 6PM 15th:Continue reading “April at How Novel”

I’ve had a couple Butte authors come into the store recently, and it made me realize… I often written about local artists who bring their work in, but I haven’t given a shout out to the authors who introduce their work to the store. How negligent of me! So, here are some books I haveContinue reading “Thank You Local Authors”

On March 24th, Butte is lifting its mask mandate. Because of this, I feel the need to make an announcement.  I feel a little awkward because it is not my personality to get squealy-excited about announcing personal news.  In fact, I normally just keep my parents updated on stuff and figure they’ll spread the wordContinue reading “Store Mask Policy”

I love getting a box of new NEW books. All of these titles have been released in the last few months, and the covers are pretty intriguing, if I do say so myself!