In a nod to ancient Greece, where poetry was considered as much of a sport in the Olympics as wrestling, NPR has been hosting the 'Poetry Games'. Poets from all over the world were invited to write an... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from August 2012
Gore Vidal, 2009 in NYC (image by David Shankbone via Wikipedia) Sad news this morning: Gore Vidal, 86, has passed away as a result of complications from pneumonia. The witty, sardonic writer had a p... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Entries from July 2012
Archivist Neil Dickson with one of the newfound volumes (image via Greenock Telegraph) As you've seen from some of my previous posts, books can turn up in odd places, even within the confines of a mu... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Yale University provides incredible online access to a number of introductory courses through the Yale Open Courses program. The goal of the program is to "expand access to educational materials for a... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
Random House announced that it will be starting a new television division to develop scripted programs based on its books. This is not Random House's first foray into the movie and television industry... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
First Edition Cover Art The very rare first edition of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, which I previously posted about, brought in 30,000 ($46,737) at auction in London last week. The book was... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
One publishing house is trying to ride the wave of erotic fiction that broke with the overwhelming popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey by producing erotic rewrites of classic literature. Jane Eyre, She... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
There's a great article in this morning's NY Times about Rare Book School, check it out! UPDATE: A companion piece in the NY Times Arts Blog about the Hinman Collator is also worth a read. Rare Book ... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
ABAA members James Bryant of Carpe Diem Fine Books in Monterey, CA and Edward Nudelman of Nudelman Rare Books in Seattle, WA recently received some attention in the press. Carpe Diem was written about... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]
First English edition of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, 1640 (image via Keys) The first English edition of Niccolo Machiavelli's seminal work The Prince, dated 1640, was recently discovered durin... [more {visitor:mbr_blog_screenname}]