Walk through any bookstore today and you may see various special or limited editions of books with colourful or stenciled edges. While these eye-catching additions to your bookshelf are visible from across the room, tucked away in Bruce Peel Special Collections is a different kind of magic — works of art hidden in plain sight that you have to get a lot closer to see. Learn more about the disappearing art form that transforms a book’s pages into a secret canvas in the full story originally published in The Quad on August 20, 2026 by Adrianna MacPherson.
