Sure, we all know Hay-on-Wye, but how many other book towns can you name? How about forty-four more?
Five auctions to watch this week, leading off with a Wednesday, March 21 sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams London.
Nobody ever says "men artists." Females in the creative arts, however, are often described as women painters, women cartoonists, or women illustrators.
Well, it's officially Rare Book Week in New York!
Opening this weekend at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is an exhibition titled Beyond Words: Boo
In 1921, T.S. Eliot took leave from his banking job and went to the seaside town of Margate in Kent, England.
A quick update on last week's sales first: at Lyon & Turnbull, that
Award season continued its forward march this week with the announcement of the American Library Association's (ALA) winners of the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott Awards on February 12.