Jane Austen at the Morgan

The Fine Books & Collections October 2009 issue has an article on Jane Austen to announce the upcoming exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum which will run from November 6, 2009 – March 14, 2010.  See the full article here and see the Morgan information here [there will be a gallery talk on November 20th at 7 [...]

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Web Round-up ~ All Things Books

*Fine Books & Collections has released its first online issue, with articles by Nicholas Basbanes and others, several of the columns from the print issue, and lots of links.  In the “Letters to the Editor”, this is the editor’s response to the lament of the demise of the printed version: After six years of publishing Fine [...]

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Buy a book ~ any book

Just some random thoughts on books as gifts: *This article in the Grand Junction [CO] Free Press  by Marjorie R. Asturias gives great reasons to buy a book this holiday season for everyone on your shopping list *The new J.K. Rowling book The Tales of  Beedle  the Bard is flying off the shelves, faster than any [...]

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Fine Books & Collections ~ Latest News

Fine Books & Collections has announced the various changes to its current six-issues / year format: they plan to publish a monthly e-newsletter, a blog by Nicholas Basbanes, and an annual hard-copy, all available to subscribers:  Here is what it says on their website:   Fine Books & Collections Launches E-letter, Blog 2008-12-01 Durham, NC. Fine Books [...]

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A Milton Marathon and a few other book bits…

See this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about a marathon reading of Milton’s Paradise Lost at St. Olaf College in Minnesota - a celebration of the author’s upcoming 400th birthday (December 9, 1608); there are other such plans at several colleges.  Not sure I could sit through such a day! Legacy Libraries Project at Library [...]

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