Category Archives: Books

Smiley’s People

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

I’m a huge fan of John le Carré and have read everything that he’s written. No matter how one may feel about his politics, he’s the undisputed master of the espionage novel. Artist Matt Taylor  has illustrated a quite number … Continue reading →

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A slight change of Emphasis

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Five Oceans in a Teaspoon

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Five Oceans in a Teaspoon is a collaboration between artist/writer Warren Lehrer and poet/investigative journalist Dennis J Bernstein (Paper Crown Press, 2019) that reunites the oral and pictorial traditions of storytelling with the printed page.  

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Take a closer look at your library

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Libraries Ireland has launched a new national advertising campaign asking everyone to “Take a Closer Look” at what their local library has to offer. A new video features real libraries and librarians and is part a wider national strategy to increase library … Continue reading →

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Reading Pavilion

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 Located in the heart of Mumbai, in the gardens of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum, the BookWorm Pavilion was designed as an outdoor reading space and library for both children and adults. The peaceful library is an impressive … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Bookshop!

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Last week, a new online book retailer model launched the beta version of its innovative site.Indeed, Bookshop.org has gone live with the mission to “financially support independent bookstores and give back to the book community.” Founded by the publisher and entrepreneur … Continue reading →

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Is This The Prequel You’ve Been Waiting For?

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

Suzanne Collins, author of the blockbuster best-selling, major-motion-picture-adapted Hunger Games trilogy, has done what most writers of runaway best-selling, major-motion-picture-adapted book series eventually do, and has  gone and written a prequel. The prequel, titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is … Continue reading →

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Book a bed at the BookBar

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

The next time that I visit Denver, I will definitely be staying at the BookBar’s BookBed. The AirBnB rental is a spacious 1896 one-bedroom apartment located above popular book store and wine bar, BookBar. This vacation rental is owned by … Continue reading →

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Not Available in Paperback

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

The Louisiana State University Special Collections Library has recently announced an exciting new acquisition. This is a rare copy of Hartmann Schedel’s The Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493 in Germany, in the city that gives the work its name. This incunabula represents one of … Continue reading →

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Book Nook

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Brian D. Butler

 

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