“The two chaps in the middle of our montage are David Bowie sporting a Clockwork Orange T-shirt with his old chum, George Underwood” At davidbowie.com, they have posted: David Bowie’s…Continue readingDavid Bowie’s books
Invented words for emotions you never realised anyone else felt Daniel Dalton of BuzzFeed writes about perfect words invented by graphic designer John Koenig that you can find in his…Continue readingYou feel WHAT?
The concept of Book Towns first came into being in the 1960s, Claire Cock-Starkey writes at Mental Floss, when the fortunes of Hay-on-Wye, a small market town on the Welsh/English…Continue readingEver seen a Book Town?
Trees stand both at the edges of our world and in the heart of it, listening and absorbing. They appear to be silent and non-judgmental, but if you stand long…Continue readingWhen trees talk
We just don’t know how to call a spade a spade. When The Toast did a story about how Hollywood used euphemisms for people having sex in early movies, they…Continue readingSex? You can’t say that!
I’ve seen several reading lists floating around, most of specific titles, a few consisting of interesting categories…and not so interesting categories. An example of the latter is “a book by…Continue readingUp to a challenge?
So then. Back to the future… back to the past… back to the original science fiction fairy tale which shaped so many lives. For the record, this being one of…Continue readingBack to the magic
Bustle picks: 14 Of The Best Christmas Trees Made Of Books Or to put it another way, books that turn back into trees, if only for the season. I particularly…Continue readingBest tree ever?
Yes there are dozens of things you can throw at writers. They’ll always find a use for notebooks, they’ll love a fancy pen (even if many don’t write with one…Continue reading5 Gifts for a writer
Photo: TheTimes.co.uk 1. Well, books, of course. Isn’t that the very definition of heaven for a bibliophile, opening up stacks of new books on Christmas morning? Well, until they think…Continue reading5 Gifts for Readers