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The Stockholm Book Fair runs this weekend March 14-15 in the city's Academy of Fine Arts.The…
“Exhibitors and participants from New York City to Reykjavik and Tokyo are convening to share their…
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Paris—The Book & Manuscript department is pleased to announce the sale of two previously unknown correspondences of Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986); one addressed to her mother Françoise (comprising 353 letters), the second to her sister Hélène (“Poupette”) (92 letters). These remarkable and…
New York—On Thursday, April 17, Swann Galleries will hold their first ever auction of vernacular photography, titled The Vernacular Eye: Photographic Albums, Snapshots & Objects.
(Amherst, MA—March 26, 2014) Louise Fitzhugh’s beloved classic Harriet the Spy celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. To honor this momentous occasion, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts has created Harriet the Spy Turns Fifty, an exhibition of the book’s…
A wonderful selection of books on offer at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ monthly Bibliophile sale includes works by the great Romantic writers William Wordsworth and Lord Byron, as well as a small but perfectly formed section of books on flora. The sale will be held on Thursday 10th April in…
(Boston, MA, March 26, 2014)—“This is a show about books and manuscripts that are visually appealing,” says Stanley Cushing, the Boston Athenæum’s Anne C. and David J.
NANTUCKET, MA—The Nantucket Book Festival is pleased to announce the stellar line-up of authors featured at this year’s third annual event, which is quickly becoming the way to kick off summer. For three days, booklovers gather in various Nantucket venues that allow unprecedented access to notable…
LONDON, 24 March 2014—On 17 March 2014, the Expert Committee at the Royal Philatelic Society London - the oldest and most distinguished society of stamp scholars in the world - convened a special meeting with the singular purpose of re-authenticating the unique British Guiana One-Cent Magenta.…
Oxford, 25 March 2014—Joanna Trollope, one of the most-read British authors, has bequeathed her literary archive to Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.
Joanna Trollope said, ‘The Bodleian is the ideal home for my archive; I couldn't be more honoured. My association with Oxford goes back a long way…
The Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has named:Nahoko Uehashi from Japan winner of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award
Roger Mello from Brazil winner of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award.
A selection of 339 ecclesiastical books from the collection of clergyman and controversialist Joseph Mendham sold on Thursday 20th March through Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions. A ‘white glove’ auction for the London based saleroom saw every lot sell for a total of £357,392.
Rupert Powell,…
