Reading Copy Book Blog

Thriller writer Robert Crais is profiled by the LA Times. I saw him speak at the LA Times Festival of Books two years ago and he was very funny – he spoke at length about life on the road during a booktour and how bizarre the whole thing was, especially when no one comes to [...]

More than $65,000 worth of rare books have been stolen from a collector’s library in New Hampshire. The news report says “The stolen books include hundreds-of-years-old editions like one by philosopher Thomas Aquinas dating from 1643.”

Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, the German author of Das Boot, has died.

The student paper at John Hopkins University profiles Clayton Fine Books in Baltimore. Clayton Fine Books have been with AbeBooks since 1997 and they’ve got over 20,000 books on the site. Here’s a selection of their high-end books.

Although not a vegan, this little (in size only) book, is a useful addition to my ever-growing roster of cookbooks. The Candle Cafe is a well known cafe in New York, and this book is a collection of recipes from its menu. Like most restaurant inspired cookbooks, some of the recipes can be involved and [...]

In Kentucky, the folks at the Lexington Public Library are working to save countless rare books and documents after a burst pipe flooded their building.

Selling books can be dangerous – well apparently it is in the Wiltshire town of Swindon in the UK. (Spotted on Galleycat).

Author Iain Banks is interviewed in The Times (of London). Although I’ve never read his science fiction, I really enjoyed The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and some others too. The Steep Approach to Garbadale is his latest release.

Stephen King again. This time the King of Horror has listed his favourite book of all time – it’s The Golden Argosy, according to the BBC.  The Golden Argosy is an anthology of 55 short stories from folks like Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He bought his copy of The Golden Argosy in a sale [...]

In looking around for items related to Cat in the Hat 50th anniversary I came across this site for literary stamps (and here’s the Dr. Seuss entry)