The St. Louis Public Library Foundation is holding a novel fundraiser. As part of its "Stranger than Fiction" gala, supporters can enter a raffle; winners will get a character named after them in a book by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, Angie Fox, Michael Kahn or Susan McBride. It seems like a better idea than … Continue reading Literary Immortality–Only $25.00

Among the works by Hans-Peter Feldman currently on display at the 303 Gallery in New York City is this one, entitled "Bookshelves." The gallery's website says it is "a 5-panel, life-size photograph of Feldmann's own bookshelves at his home in Düsseldorf. As an artist renowned for using found and discarded objects of others, 'Bookshelves' is … Continue reading Books Exposed

Thanks to this posting on Eric Hanson's blog A Book of Ages, I now know that today saw is the anniversary of the first letter from Helene Hanff to the Marks & Co. bookstore in London. It was the start of a twenty-year correspondence which was eventually collected in the book 84 Charing Cross Road.Read … Continue reading Happy Anniversary