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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Ten Most Read Books in the World
British business writer James Chapman compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Read Books in the World based on the number of copies of each title sold during the last 50 years. Utilizing Chapman’s list, Chicago designer Jared Fanning … Continue reading
Don’t Be Evil (or rude)
Somehow we missed National Etiquette Week (May 7-11), but thanks to Toronto’s Christopher Rouleau from The Urban Etiquette Project we can politely make amends. Back in December 2011, Rouleau launched the Toronto Etiquette Project, which involved a set of hand-out … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Tourism
Tagged Cities, Etiquette, Toronto, Travel, Urban Etiquette Project
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Salman Rushdie Hates The Plan
Author Salman Rushdie, along with more than 700 writers, scholars, publishers and artists, has sent a scathing letter to the President of the New York Public Library (see below) protesting the city’s $300 million restructuring plan for the flagship 42nd Street … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Library, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, NYPL, Salman Rushdie
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Amsterdam Aglow
There are only a handfull of places around the world where water is natually illuminated due to micro-organisms living in shallow waters, but now the Italian architect Carlo Morsiani has an ingenious plan to add one more surprising location to … Continue reading
How To Write a Bestseller
Have you been struggling to discover the secrets of writing a bestselling novel ? Want to know how the successful, prize-winning authors do it so very effortlessly ? Here’s one hint: Kill off your characters. Need to know more ? … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Europe, Writing
Tagged Anne Enright, Esi Edugyan, Fiction, Man Booker Prize, Orange Prize for Fiction, Writers Resources
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Edgar Allan Poe says it all…
This stunning black and white film was based on the Edgar Allan Poe quote “The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where one ends, and one begins ?” It was created … Continue reading
Never Enough Books
I can’t think of a more appropriate way to camouflage unsightly electrical transformers. The Library Place Apartments, adjacent to the Everett, Washington Public Library have just added this wonderful installation. It’s called the “Book Stack” and it stands 8-feet-tall and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, ebooks, Libraries, USA
Tagged Charles Dickens, Franz Kafka, Importance of Being Earnest, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Sinclair Lewis, Walt Whitman
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Man Ray : Object to Be Destroyed
While I was wandering around the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia a few weeks ago, I stumbled on one of Man Ray‘s Object to be Destroyed sculptures.. Although he’s best known for his surrealist photographs, I’ve been drawn to his … Continue reading
Ebooks Explosion
Graphic designer Boris Benko has created this info-packed infographic that helps us visualize trends in book sales and reading in the United States. According to his stats, 29% of all American adults own at least one type of digital reading … Continue reading
Posted in Books, USA, Writing
Tagged E-book, Pew Research Center, Publishing, United States
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