Author Archives: Brian D. Butler

From-To

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

The new website From-To promises to ‘make new places familiar’. It does this by comparing districts in the city you wish to travel to with a city you know well. For example if you are traveling to New York from … Continue reading →

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“The universe (which others call the library)”

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Books, by Erica Jong  

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Public Domain Hijinks

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

By now you have probably seen dozens of news stories and blog posts (including mine) about the intellectual property that entered the Public Domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. Every article invariably highlighted the freeing of the … Continue reading →

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For the love of literacy

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Martin Murillo operates a book cart mobile library in the city of Cartagena in Colombia. He used to be a street vendor, selling water and soft drinks, but nowadays the cart serves as a mobile library : La Carreta Literaria. He … Continue reading →

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Book Surgery

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

As a book collector and bookseller I have on occasion performed some minor book surgical restoration. So, I am a sucker for a good video on the process of book restoration at the hands of a qualified expert. In the … Continue reading →

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The Winston Smith Library of Victory & Truth

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Edinburgh-based artist Hans K Clausen is creating an innovative project titled “The Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth.”  This visual art installation/ sculpture/ library will be centered solely on George Orwell’s iconic novel 1984 and be built from  1,984 … Continue reading →

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“The book itself is a curious artifact”

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Regular visitors to Travel Between the Pages will have noted that I am a life-long fan of the late, great American author Ursala K. Le Guin. Although she is best remembered for her groundbreaking speculative fiction, Le Guin was a … Continue reading →

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Paris Syndrome

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

This weekend my wife and I watched a very disappointing film which was primary set in Paris at Christmas time. The only thing that it had going for it was the romance of Paris all aglow with holiday lights. And … Continue reading →

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The future of the book

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Diabolical Maps

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Along with some hilarious cartoons, former NASA scientist Randall Munroe creates some very vexing maps for his website xkcd.com. I’m hoping that he turns his acerbic mapping talents towards Euope next.    

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