October 18, 2017

Librarians, archivists, and garden-variety nerds are working together to digitize the trove of science fiction “pulps, fanzines, fan convention materials, books, and art” in the University of Iowa Library’s Helevin… 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

Wait, those aren’t Kardashians: Librarians in New Zealand honor the Calabasas ladies in photo shoot

Alex Primiani

Hey, let’s talk about something fun! And silly! And maybe uplifting? It has been ten, count ’em, ten years since the Kardashians made their way into the minds, bodies, souls… Read more »

A Paris hotel that delivers books to your bed — ooh la la

Stephanie DeLuca

Where does a book nerd stay when they go on vacation? The Le Pavillon des Lettres hotel in Paris wants book nerds to stay with them. The hotel has twenty-six rooms—one for each… Read more »

Salman Rushdie, sit-com star

Melville House

Long ago, in a distant land called “The Nineties,” there was a very good TV show called Seinfeld, which everybody loved. (Well, almost everybody.) In a memorable scene from that show’s fourth season, Kramer,… Read more »

Melville House Books

Back to the future: A DIY history of nerd-strife in the University of Iowa’s Helevin Collection

Simon Reichley