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I have a fascination with tattoos. I find myself interested in what people get applied to their bodies, where on their bodies they get them and most importantly the story behind why they get them. Body Type explores the world of tattooing, but it looks specifically at typographic tattoos. From Shakespeare to Radiohead, from Dante [...]

Ah, fonts! They are little tiny pieces of art, each letterform painstakingly crafted. And just like art there is the good (Fabiol) and the bad (Comic Sans) — all of which is highly personal and subjective. So, if you love spending your time staring at fonts, this is the book for you. Stephen Coles – [...]

A French publisher has produced a manual to help prepare parents for homework tutoring. On the top of the bestsellers with over 90,000 copies sold Le Cahier de Vacances Pour Adultes (Holiday Revision Guide for Adults) may just be translated to English and put (by your children) on your reading list next summer.

The novel adaptation of Snakes on a Plane has won a Scribe Award, given for the best adaptations and licensed spin-off books linked to media properties. Other winners included Superman Returns, The most recent Buffy novel, and Donald Bain won the grandmaster award for keeping the Murder, she Wrote hit machine chugging along! The awards [...]

Your wildest fantasies come to life in the pages of… your favourite cookbook?

Over the weekend in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a staffer went on a rant about epilogues being the thorn in a good story’s side. It’s funny because my fiancé was complaining about the new Harry Potter epilogue this weekend as well. Thanks to Bookninja for showing me the article!

The Book Guys recently interviewed Pasco Gasbarro of Fine Books Magazine about his Books into Film feature. As you can see it’s a popular topic.

The BookTour site launch earlier this summer – which hopes to help authors and audiences meet. Authors create a profile and put in their events and appearances, and then book lovers can search for an event (by book, author or location). It’s only for the US at the moment, but looks like it could be [...]

If you need a break from Harry Potter (and who doesn’t at this point?), Cover Browser is a large collection of comic book covers. Relive your youth or hunt for a missing issue. A fun time waster.

The Guardian has the 10 best cycling books as the Tour de France draws to a conclusion. As usual this year’s Tour de France has been about the cheating rather than the cycling.