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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
August is the month…
“August is the month of last chances.” F. Nietzsche
Visit New Byblos in the Springtime
I am an enormous fan of Israeli sci-fi writer Lavie Tidhar, if you haven’t read his work, it’s worth checking-out. So, I was intrigued to discover that he has teamed-up with puzzle writer Jake Olefsky to create an interactive sci-fi … Continue reading
A festival for us (bibliophiles)
Now that it’s officially August, I was checking to see when the National Book Festival was happening in Washington D.C. and I found the wonderful poster for this year’s event. If you can make it to DC, it’s always worth … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Festivals, Library of Congress, Washington D.C
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Logical Unsanity at the 24 Hour Book Shed
Yarran Jenkins owns a successful, traditional antiquarian bookshop in Brisbane, Australia called The Book Merchant Jenkins, but he also operates a shop called the Bardon 24-hour Book Shed. For the past five years, Jenkins has stocked his “pay-what-you-want-or-can” bargain book barn with inexpensive secondhand … Continue reading
There and back again
I’m in the midst of planning a road trip around New Zealand for later this year and was exploring Lord of the Rings and Hobbit related film sites. In the process, I stumbled upon these wonderful cross section drawings of Bag End—the ancestral home … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Film, movies, Tourism
Tagged Hobbiton, JRR Tolkien, New Zealand, The Lord of the Rings, WETA Workshop
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The City Within
The City Within by Toronto-based artist Natalie Draz is a brilliant artists’ book and city map simultaneously. This kinetic piece is housed in a plain pine box with what first appears to be an irregularly shaped booklet , but expands … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Canada, Maps
Tagged Art Books, artists' books, Book Artists, Montreal
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Reclaiming the Middle Seat
Anyone who has ever been stuck in middle seat hell will applaud the S1 (AKA the “Slip-Slide Seat”) clever redesign of airline middle seats from Colorado’s Molon Labe Designs. It sits a little back from the seats to either side, … Continue reading
Arrivederci e grazie per le buone letture
Sicilian author Andrea Camilleri, who died last week at age 93, is probably best known as the author of 27 novels and multiple short story collections starring police officer Inspector Salvo Montalbano, many of which take place in the fictional … Continue reading
Rules for Writing
Thirteen simple rules for writing from the tragic genius Walter Benjamin. I. Anyone intending to embark on a major work should be lenient with themselves and, having completed a stint, deny themselves nothing that will not prejudice the next. II. Talk about … Continue reading
