January 23, 2013

350 etchings designed by the poet, painter, and printmaker… Read more »

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Lost Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for $1.25 million — Nikki Griffiths
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths

Online publishers given free speech protections in Iowa

Ariel Bogle

A decision by the Iowa Supreme Court has extended free speech protections to those that produce content online, including internet publishers. According to the Associated Press, the case was brought to… Read more »

Lustig exhibition may inspire “a new book-buying addiction”

Claire Kelley

An exhibition featuring the work of modernists Alvin Lustig and Elaine Lustig Cohen is on display at the AIGA Headquarters in New York until February 15th. The show collects the… Read more »

Talking shop with an indie bookseller

Melville House

This is an occasional series that asks some of our favorite independent booksellers a handful of simple questions. The questions are the same, but the answers (predictably) vary. If you’re… Read more »

Google Translate + Fresh Prince = apricots

Sal Robinson

If you had a spare hour, would you translate the lyrics of “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” into Mandarin, with the help of Google Translate, and then back into English,… Read more »

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Researchers uncover hundreds of William Blake etchings

Nick Davies