Monthly Archives: October 2010

Stay on Track with FictFact

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The website FictFact has compiled an enormous database of serial fiction, keeping track of the order and release dates of hundreds of book series so you don’t have to. As readers and fans, we often come late to a compelling … Continue reading →

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Here Comes the big Frieze

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The Frieze Art Fair is the London artworld’s largest, annual contemporary art event. This year the 8th edition of the Regent’s Park show includes 173 galleries from 29 countries, along with an enormous sculpture park, films, music, workshops, talks and special … Continue reading →

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Map Works

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to reader Jeff Hill for this post. New York City born, Dallas-based artist Matthew Cusick creates these ethereal images using maps, atlas pages, books, acrylics, coffee, wood and aluminum.

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Not Your Local Starbucks

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Located just a block east of the historic New York Public Library at Bryant Park, the new D’Espresso coffee bar takes the comforting library environment and flips it on its side. Anurag Nema and his design team at nemaworkshop created … Continue reading →

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More Better Book Titles

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

More from Better Book Titles

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The 19th Century Kindle

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Lighthouses were often time located in remote areas and as such had no access to city services such as libraries, bookshops, entertainment, etc. that most people enjoyed who lived in a town or city. As light keeping was a … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to the Dickens of Detroit

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans on October 11, 1925, so is celebrating his 85th birthday next week. In the 1950s, he wrote western novels and short stories, and finished his first crime novel, The Big Bounce, in 1969. … Continue reading →

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Liverpool Remembers Lennon

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Liverpool launches a John Lennon Tribute Season on what would have been his 70th birthday, October 9, with the unveiling of a new peace monument, titled “Peace & harmony”, in Chavasse Park, a five-acre city center park overlooking the River … Continue reading →

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Out-of-Print But In Demand

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Out-of-print and in demand Every year BookFinder.com tracks the most sought-after out-of-print titles in America.  In this, the eighth edition, several books garnered enough attention for publishers to re-print them in the near future. They also find some out-of-print mainstays … Continue reading →

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Everyone Has Secrets

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. There is also a series of PostSecret books published by Harper Collins, and “PostSecret Live” – a multi-media presentation by … Continue reading →

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