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Get on board
The inaugural Chicagoland Holiday Bookstore Trolley will make its debut next month. Organized by the Chicagoland Independent Booksellers Alliance, the holiday trolley will take a group of 25 book lovers plus one guide on a festive tour of independent bookstores in Chicago … Continue reading
If we lose this, we lose all.
You may have noticed that the books you really love are bound together by a secret thread. You know very well what is the common quality that makes you love them, though you cannot put it into words: but most … Continue reading
Tsundoku
The term “tsundoku,” in Japanese, refers to the habit of acquiring more and more books and allowing them to accumulate on shelves and pile up on the floor. This is not viewed as a manifestation of neglect, but rather one … Continue reading
Word on the Street (Books)
“Word on the Street Books is more than a bookstore—it’s a book truck bringing joy to Livermore California, and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Housed in a classic 1973 Steyr Puch Haflinger, our book truck is a unique sight … Continue reading
A sad farewell
Anyone who has visited Japan over the last 25 years has likely used the very helpful and convenient Suica transit card. Like most things in contemporary Japan, the Suica comes with a cute mascot. The epitome of kawaii culture, JR East’s cuddly … Continue reading
Oh, the places we’ll go
More than three decades after Dr Seuss’s death, the beloved children’s author (real name Theodor Geisel) is set to publish a “new” book next summer. Titled Sing the 50 United States!, the never-before-seen manuscript was discovered earlier this year in … Continue reading
The poem I didn’t write
The Poem I Didn’t Write, by Raymond Carver Here is the poem I was going to write earlier, but didn’t because I heard you stirring. I was thinking again about that first morning in Zurich. How we woke up before … Continue reading
Travel Opens The Mind
For a More Creative Brain, Travel. “New sounds, smells, language, tastes, sensations, and sights spark different synapses in the brain and may have the potential to revitalize the mind.” Writers and thinkers have long felt the creative benefits of international travel. … Continue reading
Do Literary Prizes Really Matter
Flesh by David Szalay was named the winner of the Booker Prize 2025 at a ceremony in London on Monday. Szalay receives £50,000 and a trophy, which was presented to him by last year’s winner, Samantha Harvey. I suppose that it’s time … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 