April 11, 2012
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A.S. Byatt by reviews Peter Carey’s latest novel The Chemistry of Tears for the Financial Times. Also at the FT: Jennie Erdal, author of The Missing Shade of Blue, on philosophical novels: The more novels I read at university, the more I … Continue reading
July 7, 2010
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The Good, The Bad… — design:related‘s Karen Horton (also Art Director at Little, Brown and Co.) interviews Paul Buckley, Creative Director of Penguin US, about his new book Penguin 75: Designers, Authors, Commentary (The Good, The Bad…): Everyone was asked … Continue reading
June 25, 2010
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The Betamax of Printing — A lovely post on medieval block books posted at The Catologuer’s Desk: Block books were a sideline in the world of early printing, appearing concurrently with Gutenberg’s invention in the 1450s and 60s. Movable type … Continue reading
May 26, 2010
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Caustic Soda — James Morrison AKA Caustic Cover Critic talks about five great covers (and a few terrible ones) at Flavorwire. The great ones include Charlotte Strick‘s design for 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. Charlotte talked about this cover and boxed … Continue reading
May 26, 2009
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An unforeseen consequence of the “New Think for Old Publishers” debacle at SXSW in earlier this year is that I will be a participant in a session on the role of the publishers in the digital age at Book Camp … Continue reading