March 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news
Search Results by tag: collecting
Last week, the National Post's Mark Medley wrote a piece about his ever-expanding book collection and the difficulty he has lightening his load by even a single volume. "I am a book hoarder," he says. ... Read More »
The stereotype has it that England is filled with recondite literati ensconced in mahogany-lined libraries reading leather-bound volumes of Romantic poetry and plump Victorian novels. This as compared to the beer-swilling philistines in America, gorging ... Read More »
John Meier wants to own every English-language first edition book that has ever won the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction. (You may remember him from a Quillblog post back in November.) Today, Meier, 51, ... Read More »
July 15, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Some book-related links: Larry McMurtry's new book about book collecting (The New York Times) Salman Rushdie on Midnight's Children's third Booker win (The Guardian) Booker judge thinks future winners should be determined by public (Sydney ... Read More »
July 11, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news
From CBC.ca: Like Trekkies or Beatles fanatics, James Bond buffs are proud of the factoid retention that comes with their obsessive fandom. Thus, when the Fleming Collection “ an art museum originally endowed by Robert ... Read More »
April 30, 2008 | Filed under: Authors
Philip M. Parker is the (computer-aided) author of more than 200,000 books. And, thanks to the wonders of print-on-demand, he has yet to lose money on a single one. His work represents the tip of ... Read More »
April 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries
Over the last few months, Q&Q has been collecting data for our upcoming industry salary survey, which will appear in our June issue. We've got a lot of facts and figures, but we'd also like ... Read More »
April 2, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
Library Thing, a social networking website for booklovers, is offering, for your browsing pleasure, the libraries of such luminaries as James Joyce, Sylvia Plath, and Adam Smith, mostly compiled from collections held by museums and ... Read More »
From CBC.ca: When Canadian troops liberated western Holland from Nazi rule in May 1945, a 21-year-old Dutch artist named Mart Kempers was among the cheering throngs who greeted them. Before the year was out, Mr. ... Read More »
April 1, 2008 | Filed under: Book news
C. Max Magee at The Millions points us to the latest in lit fun: literary action figures. While most kids were playing with G.I. Joes or Barbies, we at The Millions were more likely to ... Read More »
March 5, 2008 | Filed under: Authors