Goodreads blurb: Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but… Read more “#bookreview The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas”
Category: Bibliography
An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project
As volunteer archivist for the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust, I have spent 6 months toiling with information management and cataloguing software to spur the direction of the… Read more “An introduction to the decentralised collection of manuscripts with provenance of Llanthony Secunda Priory: archivist’s project”
#review Manuscript Cataloguing and Book History. The Library. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Vol 18, 1. March 2017 p. 45-61
This article on manuscript cataloguing and book history is written by Ralph Hanna, Emeritus Professor of Paleography, University of Oxford. He is editor of Speculum Vitae: A… Read more “#review Manuscript Cataloguing and Book History. The Library. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Vol 18, 1. March 2017 p. 45-61”
#bookdesign George Orwell’s 1984
This year, fake news and alternative facts have come to the forefront of our world. Yes people, newspeak is real. A resurgence in the popularity of George… Read more “#bookdesign George Orwell’s 1984”
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Photo courtesy of Waterstones Waterstones blurb: Set in the brooding marshes of late Victorian Essex, the recently-widowed Cora Seagrave relinquishes the staid predictability of the capital… Read more “The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry “
Book Design ~ Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs
From Goodreads: Poignant, funny, and utterly original, Ethel & Ernest is Raymond Briggs’s loving depiction of his parents’ lives from their first chance encounter in… Read more “Book Design ~ Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs”
Wrapping up the year 2016 and looking forward to more books
If I was wrapping up 2016 as a gift for myself, I would definitely be using the Literary Gift Company’s ‘It might be a book!’ gift paper.… Read more “Wrapping up the year 2016 and looking forward to more books “
