The Scottish poet Robert Burns was exhumed twice, and the second time, an illustrated publication marked the morbid event.

For unclear reasons presumably related to marketing, a company called Lawn Love just released a list of the ‘Best Cities for Book Lovers’ in the U.S.

For its 42nd Annual Conference on Book Trade History at the end of this month, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association in London is taking as its main focus “The Humours of Collecting: Motive and Opportunity in Co

A busy week coming up. Here's what I'll be watching:

The poet and short story writer Jorge Luis Borges, who so famously imagined “that paradise will be a kind of library,” was also director of the Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina.

Our Bright Young Booksellers series continues today with Kitazawa Rika, a fourth generation bookseller in Tokyo, Japan, at her family's shop Kitazawa Bookstore.

A new exhibition at the National Library of Wales focuses on the history of how the Bible has been translated into Welsh.

I'll be keeping an eye on these sales this week:

The Library of Congress reported that the 2021 National Book Festival, held mostly virtually this year from September 17 through September 26, drew more than 317,000 views in just its first few weeks.

James Joyce’s literary masterpiece, Ulysses, is closing in on its 100th anniversary on February 2, 2022, which has occasioned some festive publications, auction lots, and exhibitions.