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09.03.10.
Antiquarian
books thrill visitors in Abu Dhabi
"I participated
at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair and received such positive
feedback that I decided to participate again this year," said Robert
Frew of Robert Frew Ltd ... more
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Conan Doyle
fans want author's home preserved
Fans of the creator
of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - are trying to save
his boarded-up home in Surrey from being redeveloped ... more
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New comic
auction site launched
Just as prices
for collectible comics are rocketing to new highs with the sales
of two comic books for $1 million each, longtime comic collector
and roleplaying-game trailblazer Stewart Wieck unveiled a new comic-auction
site called GetSlabbed.com ... more
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World exclusive!
Finnegans Wake nonsense!
Stop worrying
if you find this legendary modernist masterpiece unreadable – I
can sensationally reveal that the author couldn't make much sense
of it either ... more
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05.03.10.
JFK
love letters go for $115,000
Love letters
and telegrams from John F. Kennedy to a young Swedish woman put
up for sale by a south suburban auction house have sold for $115,537.50.
"We had estimated $40,000 to $50,000," said Doug Allen, president
of Legendary Auctions in Lansing. "We were very pleased to get six
figures" ... more
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Thousands
of Cardiff's rare books are saved
Thousands of
Wales' oldest and rarest books has been saved after a council threatened
to sell them. The 14,000 items, some dating from the late 15th Century,
are to be moved to Cardiff University's library ... more
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04.03.10.
Harry
Potter tops poll of books to pass on
JK Rowling's
Harry Potter series has topped a poll of books British people would
most like to pass on to the next generation to read ... more
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£78m Bodleian
transformation
Oxford University
is to submit plans this month for a £78m scheme to transform the
New Bodleian Library in Broad Street. The massive renovation would
take five years to complete and could bring new vibrancy to one
of the city’s most historic streets ... more
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Why World
Book Day matters more than ever
Amid the frenetic
changes of life in the 21st century, literature remains a vital
component of a fulfilling life ... more
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03.03.10.
Shakespeare
and Company, a creative sanctuary
Long after Hemingway
and the Beats, the Shakespeare and Company bookshop is still encouraging
Paris to read and write ... more
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Michael Foot:
a passionate literary man
Michael Foot
was a passionate politician and parliamentarian, but he was no less
passionate a literary figure ... more
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Shirley Hughes's
top 10 picture book characters
From Fungus the
Bogeyman to Babar the Elephant, the creator of Dogger and Alfie
looks at the compelling creations that turn small children into
readers ... more
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Tales of
a riverbank revolution
Open-air book
stalls have been a fixture of Paris's Left Bank for centuries. Now,
an invasion of tourist tat has left them fighting for survival ...
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02.03.10.
Original
Theory of Relativity manuscript goes on display
The Academy of
Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem is opening a rare exhibition
showing for the first time ever the complete original manuscripts
of Albert Einstein’s historic General Theory of Relativity ... more
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01.03.10.
Boys
prefer to read simpler books, survey suggests
Boys choose to
read less challenging books than girls and this gets more pronounced
as they get older, according to a UK-wide survey of reading habits
... more
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The Hobbit
at The Bodleian Library
The Bodleian
Library is taking part in World Book Day on March 4th by exhibiting
a selection of JRR Tolkien’s original artwork which was used to
illustrate The Hobbit ... more
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Digital archivists
work to save rare books
The rumors traveled
urgently from Haiti: Beyond all the death and wreckage, one of the
nation's greatest exports -- its cultural scholarship -- was buried
that awful afternoon in January. The three largest heritage libraries
and the National Archives -- keepers of much of Haiti's complicated,
heroic, rich story -- were reportedly lost to the random nature
of earthquakes ... more
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McGill collection
soars
Birds of America:
Single prints from the John James Audubon books have sold for close
to $200,000. Small wonder ... more
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