Bath Book Fair returns to Bath Pavilion later this week co-hosted by the Provincial Booksellers…
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To celebrate all things Scots poetry ahead of the celebrations for 2023’s Burns Night (January 25), VisitScotland has teamed up with Scottish acting legend James Cosmo MBE, who has appeared in some 130 Hollywood movies, including the likes of Game of Thrones, Trainspotting, Braveheart,…
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The first major book fair of 2023 takes place February 10 –12 as more than 120 exhibitors unite at the Pasadena Convention Center for the 55th California International Antiquarian Book Fair.
The Booksellers Association (BA) has released the results of its annual Christmas Trading Survey, with respondents reporting strong sales overall, but a decline in high street footfall, and supply chain issues.
Highlights from Jonkers Rare Books' latest catalogue of fine first editions of classic children's books. From the late nineteenth century to the modern day including:
* The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
First gift edition, signed by Donaldson and Scheffler, with a sketch of the…
More than a dozen letters written in the 1930s on behalf of the Duke of Windsor after his abdication will come to auction in Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers’ Sale of Antiques and Collectables on February 8.
John Dillinger's signed plea and detailed description of his criminal plan ha sold for $34,370 at auction, according to Boston-based RR Auction. The historically significant one-page document signed "John Herbert Dillinger," circa 1924 Indiana Reformatory document lists his crimes and sentences.
The Library of Congress will celebrate the Aramont Library with a series of events on January 19 that includes a scholarly symposium, a display of first editions and illustrated books by world-renowned artists from the 19th and 20th centuries and a roundtable discussion about the making…
Each year, Minnesota Center for Book Arts partners with the McKnight Foundation to offer two transformative fellowships to mid-career book artists living and working in Minnesota. Among other benefits, the fellows were each awarded two years of studio access at MCBA, allowing them to…
The latest series of Panizzi Lectures run by the British Library is now available to view via its YouTube channel.
Named after the 19th century former Principal Librarian of the British Museum Anthony Panizzi, the annual lectures are based on original research by eminent book scholars on subjects…
