Hennepin County Library and the Loft Literary Center have announced a joint program of classes to be held at various libraries in the Minneapolis area. The "First Pages" classes will be taught by the Loft's usual corps of instructors, and enrollment will be limited to 17--which the Loft has found to be the largest workable … Continue reading First Pages First
Author: Anders
What Your Books Do When You’re Not Watching
from the Sydney Morning Herald--David E
Old Book Smell
It turns out there's a scientific explanation for that used bookstore smell. The answer comes from the book Perfumes: The Guide (via the Paper Cuts blog).Authors Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez say, "Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related … Continue reading Old Book Smell
Musings from Magers and Quinn 