From the category archives:

book miscellania

Victoria’s new centre for books, writing, and ideas.

December 1, 2009
Thumbnail image for Victoria’s new centre for books, writing, and ideas.

Last year UNESCO named Melbourne a City of Literature. A flow on from that process was the creation of a “centre for books and ideas” which has come into existance as The Wheeler Centre.
Located in the south wing of the State Library of Victoria, the Wheeler Centre will be the new home for a number [...]

Read the full article →

Read a rainbow: arranging books by colour

November 30, 2009

A few years ago I visited the Seattle Public Library and was struck by this display in the children’s library making the most of different coloured spines on the books (photo by Quadelle).
Every now and then I get the urge to run a similar display in my library. I tend to get blank looks or [...]

Read the full article →

Library themed toilet

March 28, 2009

Flickr user lloydi came across this wonderful urinal backdrop in Hong Kong.

[via bookshelf]

Read the full article →

How books got their titles

March 28, 2009

How books got their titles is a blog that, as the name implies, explains how books go their titles. There is a new post every day, and they appear to be well researched.
The blog is written by Gary Dexter, author of Why Not Catch-21?: The Stories Behind the Titles

Read the full article →

Think you know plenty about books?

December 31, 2008

Then try The Guardian’s 2008 book quiz.
I scored 16 out of 33 which apparently is, “Not entirely bad. You’ve clearly read a few books. Just not very many”. Not many. Bah. 57 and counting!
I must confess though, several of my answers were guesses. Some educated. Some wild.
[via bookshelves of doom]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →