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Category Archives: Books
London Walks
“London Walks!” by illustrator/writer Joanna Walsh – aka Badaude– offers a fresh angle on 22 city walks, 3 bus rides and a boat trip, reframing the capital’s streets into a set of kooky cartoons and providing the London-weary with an … Continue reading
When Are Bookcovers Inappropriate ?
Not a soul buys a book because of its cover, but diehard booklovers still browse bookshops indulging in the great pleasure of perusing bookcovers. A cheeky, mysterious artist at Plausible-Seeming But Tonally Inappropriate Book Covers has reimagined some cover art … Continue reading
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How Kafkaesque
This summer Schocken is releasing a wonderful series of Kafka reissues with cover design by Peter Mendelsund. The cover typography is an amalgam of Kafka’s own handwriting and a typeface called “Mister K” by Julia Sysmäläine of Berlin.
On the Road (around the world)
Earlier this year we covered the story of the filming of the soon to be released iconic Kerouac novel On the Road. Here’s a roundup of some vintage book covers that tackle the theme in some clever and some bewildering … Continue reading
Yale Finally Opens Up
Yale University has just opened up its museum archives to the public providing limited free online access to images from its vast cultural collections. Currently, they’ve offered access to 250,000 images at their new online catalog, with the goal of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Maps, Museums, Photography, USA, Writing
Tagged Beinecke Library, Kipling, Mozart, Peabody Museum, Van Gogh, Yale
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Buenos Aires Has the Tower of Babel
Best known for her amazing installations, Argentinian conceptual artist Marta Minujin has created the new “Tower of Babel” in Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires. Built to celebrate Buenos Aires being named World Book Capital 2011, the seven-story sculpture contains 30,000 … Continue reading
London Is Out of This World (for the summer)
Writers and artists through history and around the globe have long imagined “other worlds” through the genre of Science Fiction. Science Fiction allows writers to ask the big questions such as: “Who are we?”, “What is reality?” A new exhibition … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, London, Sci-Fi
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New York City Loves Its Libraries
It’s the 100th anniversary of the New York Public Library Beaux-Arts Schwartzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, and they want New York City residents to celebrate by reading—but the NYPL doesn’t want them to pick up just any … Continue reading
Emily Bronte in Ireland
IT is one of the best-selling novels of all time. But a sharp-eyed bargain hunter has managed to turn a €8,000 profit on a copy of a book that is found in homes up and down the country. The … Continue reading
Bukowski on the Block
On June 2, 2011, PBA Galleries of San Francisco will offer at auction one of the finest private collections in existence of the literary and artistic work of the poet Charles Bukowski. Featuring a large selection of original typed, signed … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 