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Book artists Peter and Donna Thomas recently completed two unique accordion books with neat musical backstories. The one pictured above was made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the American band Los Lobos, known for its eclectic mix of rock, Tejano, and folk.
Last year, the British Library and its development partners Stanhope plc and Mitsui Fudosan UK Ltd (SMBL) submitted a planning application to extend, reorient and open up its St Pancras site. Following an extensive consultation process with our users and neighbours, the plans have now been approved…
Handwritten personal correspondence from poet and novelist Philip Larkin to his cousin in Lichfield, England, is coming up for auction in the city. The archive goes under the hammer in Richard Winterton Auctioneers’ Fine Art Sale on February 15, at The Lichfield Auction Centre.
It includes one of…
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Whitney Milam, winner of the 2023 California Young Book Collector's Prize. An exhibition of Whitney's collection will be on display at the 55th California International Book Fair, February 10 - 12 in Pasadena.
The Property from The Estate of Veronique and Gregory Peck auction will feature numerous scripts spanning Peck's film career, awards, landmark costumes, works of art and mementos the couple accrued during their lives. The auction will be presented by Heritage Auctions on February 23.
A chance meeting with a children’s author 23 years ago could spark an auction windfall for a retired school librarian.
In 1999 Janette Tuckwell was working at Millfield Preparatory School in Glastonbury, England, when she received a call from Waterstones book shop in Wells, Somerset.
Janette…
The Adana printing press is 100 years old and to mark the centenary of the company St Bride Library in London has launched a new exhibition, Print Pound Notes! Celebrating 100 years of Adana. The display will bring together for the first time a unique collection of material, including early…
The love-hate relationship Mark Twain had with typewriters is well-documented. The author known best for his stories about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn soured on the devices - he acquired his first in 1874 - that were according to him, "full of caprices, full of defects - devilish ones."
He was…
A major new display at The National Trust’s historic Mottisfont property in Hampshire focuses on the legacy of one of Britain's best-loved illustrators and cartoonists, Norman Thelwell.
More than 150 works including his trademark ponies and cartoons, plus beautiful watercolours of landmarks and…
A collection of some of the earliest US textbooks and style guides on punctuation is now on show at The Museum of Printing in Massachusetts.
