A life-size bronze of writer Sylvia Townsend Warner has been unveiled in Dorchester her home county…
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Decorations and holiday trees inspired by poems, traditional tales, and children’s books are on…
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Sure, we all know Hay-on-Wye, but how many other book towns can you name? How about forty-four more? In his new book, Book Towns: Forty-Five Paradises of the Printed Word, author Alex Johnson outlines the world's biblio-havens, from Hobart, New York, to Featherston, New Zealand, to Borrby, Sweden.
Sylvia Plath’s own signed, pre-publication copy of The Bell Jar was top lot at the Bonhams
New York—Swann Galleries’ Thursday, April 12, auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana illustrates the many facets of American history, from the records of a sixteenth-century Mexican silver mine, to the diary of a Colorado sheep herder in the Wild West, to
Original manuscripts by five of the greatest writers in the English language will go on show in Shanghai for the first time in March 2018.
Falls Church, VA - Rare books, manuscripts, maps, autographs, prints, photographs and ephemera spanning several centuries are up for bid in a catalog auction slated for this Thursday, March 22, by the Waverly Rare Books division of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.
Dallas, TX - One of the rarest James Bond movie posters ever made - an advance
Kansas City, MO-The Big Picture: A Transformative Gift from the Hall Family Foundation opens April 28 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with a return to the Lilly Library, featuring Rebecca Baumann, Head of Public Services:
Five auctions to watch this week, leading off with a Wednesday, March 21 sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams London. The 408 lots include items from the collections of Charles Benson, Esq. (lots 45-65), Capt. J.D.G. Fortescue (lots 110-154), art dealer Kenneth John Hewett (lots 155-202),…
