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Category Archives: Writing
When Books Tell Time
The clever folks at Vintage Book Clocks create these unique timepieces from used books that are chosen because they speak to the designers. Whether it’s the striking cover art, book title, subject matter or color; each book represents a specific … Continue reading
Homage to George Whitman
Way back in 2005, the Sundance Channel aired Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man, a documentary that pays homage to George Whitman, the American founder of the most famous independent bookstore in Paris, Shakespeare and Company. Whitman died … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged georgewhitman, Paris, Seine, Shakespeare & Company, Sundance Channel, Sylvia Beach, World War II
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Pssst…French Books
The Grolier Club of New York City has fostered interest in, and support for, book arts for more than 125 years. It also offers regular exhibitions, displays, lectures and publications on publishing, printing, libraries, book art and the book … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Uncategorized, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Artists, France, Garamond, Grolier Club, Imprimerie Nationale, New York City, New York Public Library
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Underground Literature
Metro Litteratur is a recently launched campaign that helps to promote talented Danish authors, poets and graphic artists by distributing their works at various metro stations in the city of Copenhagen. The program is a collaboration between the Milan-based organization Subway … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Copenhagen, Denmark
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eBook Treasures
Bibliophiles will be dead chuffed to discover eBook Treasures a new way to view (and own) rare books. The UK-based organization has partnered with the British Library, the Royal Society, the John Rylands Library and the British Natural History Museum … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged British Library, John Rylands Library, Royal Society
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Smalls Demon Is Coming
Small Demons is a new site “that believes powerful and interesting things happen when you connect all the details of books”. Still in beta, Small Demons is quietly gearing-up and inviting booklovers and bibliophiles to join and participate in their … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Libraries, Music, Photography, Theater, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Small Demon
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William S. Burroughs Loves Christmas
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone in America and the official Christmas season has begun. So, I can finally share this holiday gem with all you loyal readers. It all began way back in 1993, when the dopefiend Beat writer William … Continue reading
It’s Lost Novel Season
Last week, Jack Kerouac‘s first novel, The Sea is My Brother, was finally published (Penguin, UK) 40 years after his death and 70 years after it was written. Long thought to be lost forever, the freshman novel was supposedly discovered … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Writing
Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Guardian, Jack Kerouac, Paris Review, Penguin Books, Roberto Bolaño
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The Garden of the Novelists
Discovering Fontana Rosa by Nicky Gardner It is more than forty years since the Ibáñez family gave Fontana Rosa to the town of Menton. Vincente Blasco-Ibáñez was a creature of the Mediterranean – though he spent a good part of … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Writing
Tagged Fontana Rosa, French Riviera, Katherine Mansfield, Mediterranean, Menton
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