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17/05/2023

05/03/2023

Details about the plot are being withheld because many Murakami fans prefer to start reading his books without knowing what they are about

15/09/2022

In our universe, the ‘Marvell’ comics began as 17th-century novels, written by the author Sir Stanley Marvell.

Stories include ‘The Startling Arachnid Gentleman’, ‘Adventures of the Peculiar Physician’, ‘The Man in the Iron Mask with Magical Flying Trousers’, and ‘There Cometh A Big Green Anger’.

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09/09/2022

15/07/2022

We only rate dogs. This is clearly a long-haired library bear. Natural predator of the book worm. Please only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10

06/07/2022

Some of the world's most celebrated authors have written manuscripts that won't be published for a century – why? Richard Fisher visits the Future Library in Oslo to find out.

12/06/2022

It’s Shakespeare time. This time it’s Twelfth Night edition.
~Hazel Prior the Gryffindor from Panem

11/06/2022

This is pretty accurate
~Hazel Prior the Gryffindor from Panem

03/06/2022

Woah, did somebody order the 64-year-old author of Time’s Arrow and London Fields? ’Cause that’s what this pesto chicken sandwich looks almost exactly like.

18/05/2022

I tried to explain what it was like for me growing up in Northern Ireland. Then I found that this great sitcom did it better, says Caroline Magennis, reader in 20th an...

17/04/2022

Story at a glance The Brooklyn Public Library kicked off a new program on Wednesday that allows 13- to 21-year-olds to apply for a free eCard or traditional library card regardless of where they li…

17/04/2022

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/reader-recommendations-for-mysteries-set-in-the-past-and-a-sad-farewell-to-a-local-author/?fbclid=IwAR3jQyBcBTxG9KEzakkGCGHoyWHgsBjWvF32wqYjW0xC9EJX2wChMerMk7Q

Here are the top mystery series set in the past, as recommended by our readers. And we remember local author Mary Daheim, who died March 30.

05/02/2022

Good to know

Know the signs.

Early intervention is essential.

04/02/2022

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02/02/2022

James Joyce's Ulysses turns 100 today!!! The modern reimagining of Homer’s seafaring epic was first serialised in the US journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920 and then published in its full form in Paris by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, Joyce's 40th birthday!

Celebrate the centenary with a read of the late Frank Delaney's essay “Seeing Joyce” exploring the importance of the visual in the Irish writer's work. We also have rare recordings of Joyce reading from both Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, and our latest post explores the "stream of consciousness" as outlined by the American psychologist William James in 1890. Find links to all these here: https://buff.ly/3s7CSms

22/01/2022

The oldest library in the world is not in Paris, Rome or London, it is in Herculaneum, an ancient site located near Naples, Italy.

The "Villa of the Pisons" contains the largest collection of papyri found in situ: it was the library of the philosopher Philodemus of Gadara. Curiously, the papyrus has been preserved thanks to the eruption of in 79 AD.

The ancient city of lies in an archaeological hole more than 20 meters deep. The site is much smaller than that of , because only 1/3 could be cleared. Indeed, the excavations stopped where the current town of begins. The majority of public and religious monuments are still covered by the modern city.

11/01/2022

The poet and activist is the first Black woman to appear on a U.S. quarter.