Category Archives: Books

It was a bright cold day in April, so sweaters were necessary

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Every knitter and Orwell fan that you know will want this free download: a knitting pattern for a sweater depicting the cover of the iconic Penguin Classics version of George Orwell’s 1984. “The pattern includes extra alphabet charts so that … Continue reading →

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it had been overrun by religious stupefiers, mountebanks, charlatans, obfuscators, and other dedicated misleaders,

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

“When young and full of fellow feeling, Professor Joseph Skizzen had been tormented by the thought that the human race (which he naïvely believed was made up of great composers, a few harmlessly lecherous painters, maybe a mathematician or a … Continue reading →

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Middle Earth Obsession

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Like many Travel Between The Pages readers, I’m a big J.R.R.Tolkien fan. I can date my interest in Middle Earth back to a bit of graffiti that I saw on a wall in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood when … Continue reading →

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Oh, horror upon horror!

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Few writers have the ability to evoke a sense of horror and dread more effectively than Edgar Allan Poe, born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe’s parents were actors. Their bright but unstable son grew up to be … Continue reading →

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Clearing out the memes

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

 

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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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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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