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Category Archives: Libraries
Library, Museum, Spaceship ?
Here at TBTP World HQ, we still sorely miss visiting libraries and museums. So, we are forced to live vicariously for now through virtual travel. We were intrigued to learn about this amazing new project outside of Tokyo that launched … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Architecture, Art, Asia, Books, Libraries, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Japan
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Censorship Is A Dead End
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically held during the last … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Banned Book Week, censorship, Harry Potter, The Handmaid's Tale
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Good As New (almost)
After recently spending more than an hour making minor repairs to a damaged 19th century book, I have an even greater appreciation for book conservation professionals. This nine minute video shows how King’s College Library Cambridge conserves its collection of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, Libraries
Tagged book conservation, Bookbinding, Cambridge University
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Get Free Art Books
Quarantine Public Library is a brilliant online publisher of free short downloadable books created by independent writers, photographers, and artists. The diminutive books are designed to be printed on one sheet of paper, then folded into a zine-style book. The … Continue reading
Poison Book Project
Just in case you needed another reason to wash your hands these days… The bright emerald green cloth on the books (above & below) gets its intense color from copper acetoarsenite, more commonly known as arsenic. The inorganic pigment was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Museums, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Antiquarian Books, Book Binding, Book collecting, Winterthur
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Book feathers
London-based artist Kate MccGwire is famous for her elaborate feather sculptures that seem to have a life of their own. Her current exhibition titled Discharge pours down like a huge tunnel of water from a 18th century bookcase. Created from approximately … Continue reading
Bookstore Movements, or the Mariko Aoki Phenomenon
The first time that I stumbled upon the so-called Mariko Aoki Phenomenon (青木まりこ現象, Aoki Mariko genshō)I laughed it off as a poor attempt at bathroom humor. But the second time that I read about this Japanese bookstore issue I thought that it … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, Tourism
Tagged Bookselling, bookstore, Japan, Wikipedia
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New York Is Book Country
New York is Book Country (1985). Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990). Poster. Printer: Panorama Press, NY. Keith Haring created this exuberant book-lover’s poster for the New York Book Fair, which was held September 22, 1985, on the streets along 5th Avenue in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, USA
Tagged Book Fairs, Keith Haring, Manhattan, NYC, poster art
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Books and Maps
A big thanks to TBTP follower Maria W. for sending me the link to the wonderful video below from the British Library Learning series on Vimeo. What could be better than antiquarian books and maps together.
