A hostel in Tokyo bills itself as “a readers haven”. But don’t expect a comfortable mattress, fluffy pillow and warm down duvet. All that guests are offered is a tiny…Continue readingBOOK AND A TINY BED
I am a proud Charter Member of a museum, a very young one to be sure, but a charter member nevertheless — The Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. Back when…Continue readingDays of Future Past
Famous Literary Watering Holes Writers are tortured souls, that’s why they usually need some time away from the real world and go to bars. Well, that’s their story, anyhow. Anyway,…Continue readingAuthors and bars
A story about the wives of seldom-home whalers and their dildos, aka “he’s-at-homes” “On Nantucket, 80-year-old Connie Congdon and I sat in her living room looking at the 120-year-old plaster…Continue readingA Dildo in Nantucket
Words of love that don’t have an English equivalent Emma Block has created a series of drawings to showcase a variety of words from across the world that say things…Continue readingzhi zi zhi shou, yu zi xte lao
Vending machines for short stories(Photo: AFP) It is now possible to read stories that can be consumed in however much time you’ve got to kill. The ‘three minute’ format, for…Continue readingFree stories?
The Phrase Finder 1,800 English phrases, sayings, idioms and expressions, with their meanings and origins explained. It includes Famous Last Words. For example: The last words of John Sedgwick, a…Continue readingHe said WHAT?
18 Things Every Book Lover Can Relate To All 18 Pulptastic gifs HERE ~~~~~ Ten books that changed the world From Euclid’s Elements to Freud’s Interpretation of Dream, The Guardian…Continue readingbooks Books BOOKS!
She sees music, in color, and then she paints it. Until artist Melissa S. McCracken was 15, she thought everyone constantly saw colors like she did – in books, math…Continue readingWhat color is ‘C’?
At The Telegraph, Michael Deacon offers us Sex, murder and ‘bulbous salutations’ Or, the weirdest moments from ‘List of the Lost’, the former Smiths singer’s unreadable debut novel. Among…Continue readingErotic Curiosities?