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SLA - SLA Office Closed February 13th- 17th

<p> Due to our premises move the office will be closed from Monday 13th until Friday 17th February.  Emails will be answered as soon as possible the following week.  Meanwhile you can reach Tricia on her mobile at 07532 231946 for emergencies or urgent items.</p>

Rare Book News.com

" A scarce copy of Rudimentum Novitiorum, the first printed history of the world, published in 1475, and the first printed book to feature maps, sold for $1,150,000 at the 45th California International Antiquarian Book Fair this past weekend in Pasadena,...

Press Gazette Editor’s Blog » The ancient and obscure law which has become a huge stick to beat

Reading Trevor Kavanagh’s comment piece today in The Sun made me realise that the police witch hunt of Sun journalists is beginning to show disturbing parallels with  Thames Valley Police’s persecution of Sally Murrer. Regular readers of Press Gazette will know that Murrer was repeatedly arrested,

What Magazine Will Be Named Magazine of the Year? - Blog Magazine

Finally, tonight the National Magazine Awards will be presented. Today we take a quick look at the biggest prize handed out—the Magazine of the Year award. This category “honors publications that successfully use both print and digital media in fulfilling...

the Literary Saloon at the complete review - 1 - 10 February 2012 Archive

the Literary Saloon at the complete review - 1 - 10 February 2012 Archive

California State Library Blog : Amazon in the Process of Launching a Retail Book Store

Amazon sources say that the company is planning on rolling out a retail store in Seattle within the next few months. This project is a test to gauge the market and see if a chain of stores would be profitable. They intend on going with the small boutique

Friends of Calumet library receive award - MiningGazette.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Michigan - The

CALUMET — The Friends of the Calumet Public Library joined the Friends of Michigan Libraries only in September, so Phyllis Ramos was surprised when...

Omnivoracious: Nobel Prize Winner Wislawa Szymborska: 1923-2012

Polish poet, essayist, and translator Wislawa Szymborska--winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Literature--has died of lung cancer at age 88. She had been living in Krakow. Though she was little-known outside of Poland at the time, the Nobel awards...

BookFox: Nobel Prize for Literature 2011

Over the last decade the Nobel Prize for Literature has alternated between a proscriptive award and a descriptive one. A proscriptive award takes little known but worthy authors and presents them in a bow and wrapping to the world, telling everyone to read. A descriptive award honors the authors

Duke University Press Log: Award Winning Titles

Congratulations to our recent award-winning authors! Paul K. Eiss has won the Mexican History Book Prize from the Conference on Latin American History for his book In the Name of El Pueblo: Place, Community, and the Politics of History in...

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