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
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
From the Rumor Mill
Temple Grandin has a new book coming out. But it's not with a big publisher and there's not a lot of pre-publication buzz happening yet. In fact, all I've managed to find so far is this press release, posted on a not-particularly-bookish blog. There's no information on the website of the publisher, Future Horizons.So it … Continue reading From the Rumor Mill
Musings from Magers and Quinn 