Reading Copy Book Blog

Me and the kids go to the library every two weeks or so and stock up on books for bedtime reading. The pick of the latest crop was Henry and the Kite Dragon. How many children’s picture books tackle the issue of Chinese kids and Italian kids scrapping on the streets of 1920s New York? [...]

The Guardian has an interactive look at the bookshops on Charing Cross Road. Barry Clarke of Any Amount of Books, a tremendous secondhand bookseller and Abe seller, is interviewed and there are also some wonderful old photographs of bookstores from the past.

February is recognized as Black History Month in both Canada and the United States.  This month of remembrance began 83 years ago when historian Carter G. Woodson designated the second week of February as “Negro History Week”. Woodson chose this week because it marked the birthdays of two Americans that had a significant impact on [...]

Hey, booklovers in Britain – you have 24 hours left to enter our competition to win 25 PG Wodehouse novels. Something to do while you wait for the snow to melt.

The Guardian also has Louis de Bernières’ writing room, which is actually a garden shed minus the lawn mower, half-empty paint pots and plant pots. I don’t think this is his original writing room. Look at the massive garden and the large imposing house in the background. When moved to London in 1996, Captain Corelli’s [...]

The Guardian has a literary snow quiz in honour of Britain being 10 inches deep in the white stuff. I did very badly.