Reading Copy Book Blog

Enjoy my colleague Richard’s review of The Blind Side and Moneyball, both by Michael Lewis – the writing is interesting enough to keep even a non-sports fan interested.

Curmudgeonly grump and marvelously imaginative author Maurice Sendak died a week ago today. I came across this again today and thought it was worth a revisit…. Sendak’s classic Where the Wild Things Are, as ready by Christopher Walken*. Makes me laugh every time. “The kid is kind of a jerk. I think that’s the point [...]

This is Morgan Freeman in approximately 1971 as “Easy Reader” – a literacy-promoting character on The Electric Company, a children’s television show in the 1970s. Amazing. Words fail me, so I will let the video speak for itself. “Top to bottom and left to right, readin’ stuff is… outta sight!” “What I’m needin’….is somethin’ for [...]

This video preview of The Lovecraft Anthology Volume One is glorious. So dark and myserious and bizarre, and…well, Lovecraftian. I look forward to reading the anthology. The description reads: “A graphic anthology of tales from the renowned master of the eerie. Featuring collaborations between established writers and artists as well as debut contributors, The Lovecraft [...]

A Girl Who reads – this beautiful spoken word poetry by Mark Grist celebrates the love of women who love to read.

Features about the Titanic are plentiful this week – the BBC has some particularly interesting reading. Learn about the 1955 book about the sinking, A Night to Remember by Walter Lord, the lost jeweled copy of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the American mystery writer who went down with the ship, the ship’s two libraries, and [...]

Ever wondered what the AbeBooks HQ looks like? Probably not, but here’s a video tour of our office in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, in Canada for anyone who is interested. As I sit here writing this blog post, I can see float planes taking off, ships and yachts going past, and the Olympic [...]

Here’s the trailer for the On The Road movie. Take a look at the lovely Kristen Stewart and her crazy ‘hepcat’ dancing. I thought Jack Kerouac’s book would always make an awful film but perhaps I am wrong.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a book that is timeless. It has had the same effect on young readers for generations – it really doesn’t matter whether it’s 1912 or 2012. The characters are so strong and so memorable. But what about the author? What is the story behind Lewis Carroll? A man who loved [...]

A funny video from some clever folks – introducing the Cormac McCarthy edition of Pictionary.