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selection of book related news stories from around the world.
April
2004 30.04.04.
James Joyce 'Bloomsday' Fry-Up. Fans of James Joyce will mark the centenary
this year of one of the literary calendar's most famous dates with a breakfast
from the Irish author's "Ulysses"...more 30.04.04.
Art Deco Bookbindings.
"The Art Deco Bookbindings of Pierre Legrain
and Rose Adler," a sumptuous show at the New York Public Library...more 30.04.04.
Diary records Einstein's political beliefs. Retired Firestone Library curator
Alfred Bush recently discovered a diary written by one of Albert Einstein's closest
friends which chronicles the famed scientist's musings and everyday activities
during the last years of his life...more 29.04.04.
One for the record books. The Wichita Public Library has acquired a copy
of the biggest book in the world and will exhibit it in a permanent display downtown...more 29.04.04.
Confessions of a Book Addict. A mad, book- collecting crony of your grandfather's
has backed you into a corner at a party. He won't stop talking: books he's owned,
the characters he bought them from, something about Graham Greene's mistress...more 28.04.04.
British libraries could shut by 2020. Report urges cuts in backroom staff,
more late-night opening, and treble spending on books to reverse falling membership
and lending...more 28.04.04.
Hubert Selby Jr dies at 75. Hubert Selby Jr, the acclaimed author of Last
Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream, has died at his home in Los Angeles...more 28.04.04.
Thom Gunn dies. Gifted poet who explored the balance of life's contradictions...more 28.04.04.
Hay library bucks UK decline. Unlike the rest of the UK Hay-on-Wye, Powys,
has managed to increase the number of visitors and the amount of books borrowed
from its local library...more 27.04.04.
Librarian admits he was paid by US bookseller. Librarian sold $680,000
worth of books owned by the NSW Parliament to the biggest second-hand book seller
in America...more 24.04.04.
Forged Hitler diary sold. A volume of the forged diaries of Nazi dictator
Adolf Hitler which fooled the world in 1983 has fetched 6,500 euros in a Berlin
auction...more 23.04.04.
Booked Up. For the past decade, while turning out books at the rate of
more than one a year, Larry McMurtry has been working at turning his hometown
of Archer City into a “book town”...more 23.04.04.
Auction of James Joyce's love letter. A pulsating gusset-ripper letter from
James Joyce to his lover, Nora Barnacle, has been discovered tucked into a book
among an almost painfully personal collection of relics linked to the author...more 22.04.04.
Morrissey buys Dylan's local pub. Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey outbid
the opposition and bought up Dylan Thomas's favourite pub for a knock-out £670,000...more 22.04.04.
Library without books. Would you read a novel on this six-inch screen? Sony
want us to shun the printed page for downloaded text...more 22.04.04.
One Man´s Trash. A new book pulls together the best snippets from Found, a
mag that compiles notes, letters, postcards, lists, and other anonymous treasures
for us to read...more 22.04.04.
Collector’s passion offers link to 18th century giant. The Donald and Mary
Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson is now at Harvard’s Houghton Library. In
about two years, after it is cataloged, it will be available to students, professors
at Harvard and visiting researchers...more 22.04.04.
US sorry for barring McEwan. The writer Ian McEwan has received an apology
from the US government after he was refused entry to the country the day before
he was to deliver a lecture to 2,500 people in Seattle...more 21.04.04.
Turning pages without cracks or tears. You have been allowed to handle one
of the world's oldest and most precious books - and as you turn the pages, you
notice with horror that the paper is starting to crinkle under your finger...more 20.04.04.
A history of wine books. 2nd edition of James Gabler's Wine into Words: A
History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language just published...more 20.04.04.
Vicar's black magic works £3.5m deal. A vicar-turned-author who sold his motorbike
to publish his first book has signed a £3.5m publishing deal for his next six
novels...more 19.04.04.
$10 Million collection received. The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF)
has received the most important private collection of rare chemical texts in the
world...more
and even more 18.04.04.
Buying books just for looks. Today, books are as much an interior- design
tool as they are sources of information...more 18.04.04.
Hitler under the hammer. Autograph collectors will get the chance to buy
one of the most infamous names in history when Adolf Hitler's signature is auctioned...more 17.04.04.
Book boom rejuvenates
charity shops. The charities Oxfam and Barnardo's are moving away from their
core business of second-hand clothes and intend to open dedicated book stores
in the coming months to benefit from booming sales in second-hand titles...more 17.04.04.
Dynamic doodles. Joanna Carey delights in book illustrator Sara Fanelli's
energetically experimental technique...more 17.04.04.
Villagers save rare books from fire. Villagers formed a human chain to
pass out books from a priceless collection...more 17.04.04.
21st century travel writing. Last summer the two masters of travel writing,
Norman Lewis and Wilfrid Thesiger, died within a month of each others...more 16.04.04.
Moving art from movable type. Movable type has become resurgent among artists
and small press publishers who want to further the tradition of the handmade book...more 15.04.04
Ali book weighs in as largest ever published. Planning to check out GOAT?
Better start working out. The Muhammad Ali tribute book weighs 75 pounds...more 15.04.04
Kingston university buys Murdoch library. Iris Murdoch's library of more
than 1,000 books, notes and original manuscripts has been acquired by Kingston
university...more 15.04.04
Hamlet fails to sell at auction. A rare copy of William Shakespeare's Hamlet
has failed to sell at an auction in New York...more 15.04.04
All-points bulletin for lost book. A plain-looking but pricey book titled
"Security Analysis" is missing from the University of Utah Marriott Library...more 15.04.04
"Illustrated Garden" opens. The exhibition at the St. Louis Art Museum features
100 of the world's rare and original botanical prints, circa 1485-1855...more 15.04.04
Suppressed Scott novel to be published. An unfinished novel written by
Sir Walter Scott in the year before he died and suppressed by his own publisher
is to be printed in full for the first time...more 14.04.04
Desert proving fatal to ancient Islamic texts. Timbuktu, Mali - Lit by
a sunbeam slanting through his broken roof, a 16-year-old Islamic student chants
verses from a brittle, yellowing page - one of an estimated 1 million ancient
texts that experts say are crumbling to dust in this once-thriving city of Islamic
learning...more 14.04.04.
Dylan's love letter to Caitlin fetches £12,400. The earliest surviving love
letter written by Dylan Thomas to his future wife fetched more than £12,000 at
auction last night...more 14.04.04.
Little books make it big. A little hobby has turned into a big business for
two enthusiasts who are welcoming international fans into their world of miniatures...more 14.04.04.
Hughes in hiding over Birthday Letters. A letter to his illustrator Leonard
Baskin shows the late poet laureate's feelings about his revelatory poems...more 13.04.04.
Baskin-Hughes collection arrives at British Library . The British Library
has acquired an archive of 450 items relating to Ted Hughes's creative relationship
with American artist Leonard Baskin
...more 13.04.04.
Island shop a haven for old books. Four ALAMEDA -- Nestled into the second
floor of the stately Odd Fellows Hall, Rick Boyles' bookstore is insulated against
the noisy bustle of the Park Street business district by stacks of rare, timeworn
books...more 13.04.04.
Finishing a book that Brontë started. Four years ago, novelist Clare Boylan
innocently asked a question at a literary festival in England that led to, of
all things, her co-authoring a book with Charlotte Brontë...more 12.04.04.
$100,000 garage sale: Henschel comic collection auctioned. WICHITA-- For one
day only, the Air Capitol of the world became the Comic Book Capitol of the world...more 11.04.04.
Popular culture slams the book on many writers. Popular culture now hates
high culture so much that it campaigns aggressively against it...more 11.04.04.
Bond to return - as a schoolboy. James Bond, the nation's most famous fictional
spy, is to return next year for a new mission - as a teenager...more 11.04.04.
A nook for every type of bibliophile. The Washington Post takes a look at
some New York bookshops...more 10.04.04.
The joys of a home library. With so many people discovering, reading and amassing
books comes the age-old question - where do you put them?...more 10.04.04.
How Johnny learned to read. Michael Rosen celebrates the enduring appeal of
Dr Seuss...more 09.04.04.
Book Reveals 'Unique Charm of the M5'. A book paying tribute to the beauty
of the M5 has become one of this year’s most unlikely best-sellers, its author
said today...more 09.04.04.
Beware the spinner spurned. Martin Sixsmith, forced out as a civil servant
in the Jo Moore affair, has taken his revenge in the form of a novel...more 09.04.04.
Electronic Quran on display. 'Al Tajweed' or the electronic Quran displayed
at one of the stalls at the International Book Fair being held at the Cultural
Foundation in Abu Dhabi is attracting visitors in great numbers...more 09.04.04.
Picture books for adults. In the High Middle Ages, when the illumination of
scrolls and early printed books was in vogue, the Haggada was also the subject
of the illuminator's art...more 08.04.04.
Capturing Little Dramas With a Click. ou might get the wrong
impression about Helen Levitt from her photographs. They are dying to talk. She
is not...more 09.04.04.
Virtual Archive. To myopic scholars searching hundreds of hours
for that needle in the haystack, a growing online library of Russian literature
holds promise of a dust-free academic life...more 08.04.04.
Joyce Letter Fetches £32,265. The first letter written by James Joyce
as he offered his debut work for publication sold for £32,265 at auction today...more 08.04.04.
Collecting Photographs. Even those with very limited means can begin
a collection ...more 08.04.04.
Monks’ One Vice — Books. The words “monk” and “vice” are not usually said
in the same sentence, but Brother Benedict Simmonds, librarian at the Holy Cross
Abbey in Clarke County, says the monks do have one vice — books...more 08.04.04.
Beckham wins award. David Beckham, more written about than writer,
has won a top literary award when his autobiography was judged the fastest selling
book of its kind -- ever...more 07.04.04.
Saint-Exupéry's last flight. It was one of French aviation's enduring
mysteries: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of the beloved tale "The Little
Prince," took off on a World War II spy mission for the Allies and was never seen
again...more 07.04.04.
Scott voyage diary shows rivalry.
A ragged book hidden from public
gaze for 100 years reveals a bitter rivalry between the Polar explorer Captain
Robert Scott and his second in command
...more 06.04.04.
‘Black Beauty' was protest literature.
With only a single novel
to her name, Anna Sewell nevertheless has the distinction of being one of the
most successful writers of all time...more 06.04.04.
Petrarch - the poet who lost his head
Italian who defined the sonnet
at centre of medieval whodunnit...more 06.04.04.
Mold threatens Lafayette archives
Irregular control of the humidity
and temperature in UL Lafayette’s library has placed the university’s archives
and special collections at risk of damage, according to library and university
officials...more 05.04.04.
Rediscovered Virginia Woolf portrait
A long-lost portrait of a calm,
cheerful and relatively short-nosed Virginia Woolf by her sister Vanessa Bell
has been rediscovered after 70 years...more 05.04.04.
Rare James Joyce Artefacts Up for Auction
One of the most significant
collections of manuscripts, books and drawings relating to James Joyce was put
on display today before going under the hammer later in the week...more 04.04.04.
Festival celebrates tasty literature
Foods with literary themes had
visitors licking their lips rather than moving them at an unusual book festival
Thursday afternoon at Goldey-Beacom College...more 04.04.04.
Anger over 'freak show' pictures
An exhibition featuring characters
from freak shows - the popular historical fairs which starred midgets, conjoined
twins, two-headed giants, bearded ladies and other human "oddities" - has enraged
disabled rights groups...more 04.04.04.
Books stolen from Delhi museum recovered
Close on the heels of the
theft of Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel prize from Shantiniketan, some books were
stolen from the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial in the Capital on Friday...more 03.04.04.
Sikh holy book flown to Canada
The Sikh religious authorities in the
Indian state of Punjab have sent copies of their holy book - the Guru Granth Sahib
- to Canada's Sikh community...more 02.04.04.
Springtime in Edinburgh
It is springtime in Edinburgh; and last weekend
booksellers headed north for a bookfair in the Assembly Rooms...more 02.04.04.
'Hamlet' Goes on Block at Christie's
To buy or not to buy? Serious,
and wealthy, Shakespeare fans will have a rare opportunity April 14, when Christie's
New York auctions a third-quarto edition of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."...more 02.04.04.
Books in rare ancient characters retrieved
Some 4,690 books written
in "Shuishu", the peculiar pictographic characters of the Shui ethnic group of
China, have been retrieved by the Bouyei-Miao Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of
Qiannan in southwestern Guizhou Province as a great move to save the endangered
ancient characters...more 02.04.04.
Nabokov family rejects plagiarism claim
Lolita, the heroine of Vladimir
Nabokov's novel, is now embroiled in a new furore. The writer's relatives and
supporters have rejected a claim that her character was plagiarised from a 1916
novel by a German journalist who went on to support Hitler...more 02.04.04.
Hungry for Knowledge
The Rare Book Room hosted an unorthodox form of
book appreciation Thursday when it invited students and faculty members to participate
in the fifth annual Edible Book Festival...more 01.04.04.
Great recipe for a book shop
Allison
Wagstaff has realised her dream and opened The Cook Book Shop in Harrogate from
where she offers both cookery fans and chefs an amazing collection of new and
second hand books...more 01.04.04.
Titanic items going for auction
The belongings of a steward on the
ill-fated Titanic bought by a retired detective for just over £100 are expected
to make thousands at auction...more 01.04.04.
Floating bookshop set to visit
The world's oldest passenger vessel
and home of the largest floating bookshop will be berthed on the River Foyle for
two weeks in May...more
01.04.04 Edible Book Festival
The Fifth International Edible Book Festival
will occur throughout the world on any day from April 1 to April 5...more
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