Join us Sunday, and find out everything about Harry, Hermione and the gang. Steve Vander Ark, author of The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials, will be at Magers & Quinn May 3, at 5:00pm.The Lexicon is an unauthorized guide to the popular series by author J.K. Rowling, is a … Continue reading Muggles Unite!
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Talking in the Library
Tomorrow night the Library Foundation of Hennepin County (formerly the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library) continues its "Talk of the Stacks" program.Tom Robbins is back with what he calls "the first children"s book about beer" for adults. B is for Beer is a "hallucinogenic hymn to beer, children, and the cosmic mysteries that sustain … Continue reading Talking in the Library
Jackets Required
A scholar at Oxford University's Bodleian Library has uncovered the oldest known dustjacket. The cover had become separated from its book--Friendship's Offering for 1830 (Smith, Elder, & Co., 1829). I would have thought there were older dustjackets in existence, but apparently not.Thanks to Wessel & Lieberman for the tip.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 