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Attention Canadian bibliophiles – the three-day Toronto International Antiquarian Book Fair begins on Friday 12th October. After a 15-year hiatus, the fair returned in 2010 and is currently going from strength to strength with a massive array of rare books set to be displayed.You can see a few of the gems from last year’s show below. My [...]

There was a lovely book-themed wedding in Seattle last month. Take a gander at the amazing book arch that the happy couple were married beneath.  You can see more amazing images at the Rubin Photography website (and thanks for allowing us to post the images). I wonder what they did with it after the wedding?

Mark your calendar – the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair is coming up soon on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October. Find the fair at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall on Mercer Street just east of 3rd Avenue North. Tickets are just $5 on the door and you’ll be good for both days. Under 12s are [...]

If you don’t read literary magazines and journals, you’re missing out on a world of fine writing. In our latest Avid Reader, my colleague Beth has assembled a list of literary magazines and journals dedicated to the art of creative writing, and the preservation and exploration of the written word. Poetry, prose, essays and more are [...]

A couple more images from the AbeBooks’ Hackathon which concluded earlier today at the University of Victoria with a series of presentations from the hackers. Excellent work all round (a true 24-hour effort) and true innovation too.

AbeBooks is currently (and I mean right now) staging a 24-hour ‘Hackathon’ coding contest at the University of Victoria for computer science students. The event kicked off at 4pm and the teams will be working through the night before presenting their work to engineers from AbeBooks at 4pm on Saturday. Good luck to all the [...]

One of our booksellers AlmostAll1stEditions attended yesterday’s book signing in London by JK Rowling for The Casual Vacancy.  They took this photograph of the author – I love how she’s taken off her stilettos while doing the signings.  Signed copies of the book are now available.

Myself and my colleagues Eric and Lindsay from AbeBooks visited the Vancouver Antiquarian Book Fair earlier today. Located in UBC Robson in downtown Vancouver, the fair was busy and will attract more bibliophiles on Sunday when it runs from 10am to 5pm. Get down there if you can. Here is a preview in the Vancouver [...]

For the weekend, I have something for dog lovers and can offer the first edition of Eric Knight’s Lassie Come Home from 1940. This copy above is lacking the dust jacket like so many books from more than 70 years ago. The John C Winston Company published the novel and Marguerite Kirmse was the illustrator. [...]

Over the weekend, The Guardian blogged about the top 10 T.S. Eliot quotes that have been used as book titles. (Sadly, The Guardian misspells Nevil Shute’s name but never mind, I usually get Eliot’s name wrong). Here are just a few of them: A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh – from The Wasteland: “I [...]