Category Archives: Books

Keepin’ It Minimal

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

You’ve got to love Chicago-based artist/designer Christian Jackson’s clever reimagining of covers for classic children’s books and fairy tales.

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Awful Library Books

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Hat-tip to our friends at Any Amount of Books, London for this suggestion: Michigan librarians Mary and Holly have been compiling their hilarious, and sometimes scary, blog of Awful Library Books for almost four years. I know that booklovers and … Continue reading →

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Reading Life: 1st Impressions

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Last Sunday, the New York Times Sunday Book Review inaugurated a new column on writing entitled “Reading Life“, which will be penned by none other Geoff Dyer. If you haven’t had a chance to read the first column, it’s a … Continue reading →

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The Secret Bookshop

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Watch this engaging video about Brazenhead Books, a secret bookstore that’s been tucked away in Michael Seidenberg’s apartment on the Upper East Side ever since the rent for his original retail space in Brooklyn was quadrupled. (Jonathan Lethem used to … Continue reading →

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A True Peake Experience

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Mervyn Peake (1911–1968) was a prolific and astonishingly original writer and artist, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. To celebrate the centenary of Peake’s birth, the British Library’s exhibition The Worlds of Mervyn Peake … Continue reading →

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House of Books…Book of Maps

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

This simple, but engaging video is the first in the developing series of the Rare Book Feast, a series dedicated to the timeless nature of the printed book. I’ve sold a number of copies of this wonderful atlas over the years, … Continue reading →

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Recycling Books: not the Same Old Story

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

More than 200 cafés and coffeshops around Israel have joined a brilliant project called “Same Old Story”, which recycles abandoned and donated books . Dolev Gotlib founded the project to pass books along in an ecologically friendly way, to keep … Continue reading →

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Don’t Call Us…

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Shaun Usher, who curates the brilliant Letters of Note blog, which gathers all sorts of fascinating correspondence, postcards, memos,faxes and telegrams, has published a wonderfully amusing letter from the late, great John D. MacDonald. The novelist referenced his early history … Continue reading →

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A Dance With Dragons

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

If you’re a fan of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series, then you’re keenly aware that the long awaited ( 6 years! ) conclusion is due for release on July 12th. And if you’re a cynic like … Continue reading →

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Discover Narrative Nonfiction

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  It’s a nonfiction reader’s fanatsy: a database of 30,000 essays, articles and stories carefully curated, organized and presented; and it’s totally searchable by author, topic and publication. Byliner.com, which launched last week, offers a recommendation service that suggests new … Continue reading →

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