Book People

During April this year the six legal deposit libraries of the UK and Ireland, the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian Libraries, Cambridge
A book vending machine has been installed at Exeter St Davids thanks to a new partnership between Penguin Books in England, Exeter UNESCO City of Literature and Great Western Railway.
The British Library has reported on its Gender Pay Gap for the sixth year of what is now an annual cycle of reporting.
The archive of the English poet, journalist and literary critic James Fenton is heading to the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin.&nb
Our Bright Young Collectors series continues today with Alexandra Plane of Oxford, England.  Alexand
As Good as a Marriage, The Anne Lister Diaries 1836-38 by Jill Liddington continues the story of the woman known as Gentleman Jack to m
The home of Laurence Sterne, author of the groundbreaking The Life and Opinions of
Books included on our spring issue’s Editor’s Shelf are three novels and two works of nonfiction, all highly recommended. 
The Dictionary of the Book: A Glossary for Book Collectors, Booksellers, Librarians, and Others by Sidney E Berger is now available in its 2nd Edition.
Two events of interest in this area are coming up in the next few months.