May 11, 2017

It’s the kind of find every librarian (and indeed book collector) dreams of. While cataloging in the University of Reading’s archives, special collections librarian Erika Delbecque came across a buried treasure. Riffling… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

Fundraiser sends more than 5,000 books to Ethiopia’s largest library — Nikki Griffiths
The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths
Theories abound after anonymous return of Darwin's notebooks — Tom Clayton
"Wot, No Books?" Milton Keynes library saved after protesters check out its entire stock — Tom Clayton

Curtis Sittenfeld imagines what Hillary’s life would have looked like without Bill

Taylor Sperry

The Clintons really aren’t going anywhere. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at a Women for Women International event last week, Hillary Clinton announced that she is “back to… Read more »

Tor will start publishing experimental stuff — first up, a serialized podcast

Peter Clark

On May 1, Tor Books announced the creation of Tor Labs, an “imprint” dedicated to new kinds of storytelling. For the skeptical out there, this one doesn’t appear to be like other half-cocked… Read more »

If books really make us kinder, better people, then why am I, an enthusiastic reader, so upset all the time?

Chad Felix

A lot of ink has been spilled on studies reporting the positive effects of reading fiction. And the news of these groundbreaking studies and their value-of-fiction-affirming results is reported again… Read more »

Melville House Books

Pages from the hand of England’s first-ever printer discovered

Nikki Griffiths