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Category Archives: Books
Reading Roadtrip
Celebrating its 120th anniversary this year, Vroman’s in Pasadena is Southern California’s oldest and largest independent bookstore. The popular bookshop recently installed a clever display called “Read your way across the USA”. The shelf display presents books that are set in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Bookstores, indie bookstores
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Out In The Cold
As the Winter Olympics finally get underway, Pen International has launched the “Out in the Cold” campaign to protest the draconian antigay laws that Russia has enacted. As a piece of the campaign, hundreds of writers, including Paul Auster, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret … Continue reading
It’s a fool who does not read
Antonio La Cava taught elementary school students in the little mountain town of Ferrandina outside of Matera, Italy for 42 years. After retiring from teaching, he transformed a trusty Ape mini-truck into a tiny bookmobile, which he calls the “bibliomotocarro”. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Libraries
Tagged Basilicata, Book Mobiles, Italy, Libraries, Matera
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The Allure of Old Books ( & maps )
The Peculiar Underworld of Rare-Book Thieves The Allure of the Map What is the oldest book in the world? The Library of Congress by the numbers. What happens when Oxford’s Bodleian Library and the Biblioteca Vaticana collude?
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Maps, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Bodleian Library, Library of Congress, Rare Books, Vatican Library
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Sarajevo: Rescue and Revival
On January 15th in Sarajevo, a new library opened to the public : the reborn Gazi Husrev Bey Library which is home to a priceless collection of rare books and manuscripts dating from 1106. The original library was established in 1537 … Continue reading
Books I Love
Books I Love is a new social networking app for book lovers that allows readers to share their reading suggestions and critiques digitally with social contacts . The free iOS app lets users both send and receive book recommendations individually … Continue reading
Wellcome Images
On Monday, London’s famed Wellcome Library released a dizzying collection of digitized images from its vast archive. The free, downloadable high resolution images are available to copy, distribute, manipulate or edit. The rich and unique collection is wide-ranging, from social … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Photography, Writing
Tagged Creative Commons, Digital Images, London, Wellcome Library
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Creepy, Crawly Indeed
London-based book cover designer Jamie Keenan has created a terrific cover for a new paperback edition of Franz Kafka’s 1915 novella Metamorphosis. This version, based on a completely new translation by Susan Berofsky, has just been released by W W … Continue reading
On Such a Full Sea
My copy of author Chang-rae Lee’s new dystopian novel On Such a Full Sea came with the quaint, antiquated book jacket that you see above. Now I’m coveting the very cool limited edition 3D printed cover version (see below). Lee’s … Continue reading
The Burroughs Century
William S. Burroughs was an American author, painter, actor, Beat icon, and one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. To celebrate the anniversary of his 100th birthday ( February 5, 2014 ), his birthplace, Bloomington Indiana is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, movies, Music, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Beat Generation, William S. Burroughs
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