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It’s 85 years since Brian O’Nolan, better known as Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen, proposed a Book Handling Agency in The Irish Times. On Sunday evening, Flann’s idea became...

Behind the Bookshelf: Inside NOMLAB, Where Research Becomes Space

New possibilities for spaces emerging from research and prototyping Some architectural encounters are carefull […]

Book Alcove

An alcove of books sounds like a wonderful start to the day for me. Imagine sitting here surrounded by so many books and enjoying the serenity of the garden. Why do I feel like I a...

The Battle of the Library Fulfillment Programs

Companies are trying to fill the Baker & Taylor-shaped void. Plus, more in library news!

BackBone – Moonlight Mood – Reading Nook – Crowdemic

BackBone brings Moonlight Mood - Reading Nook to Crowdemic, a celestial bookshelf and sofa built for three.

Bookish Season 2 Debuts With Installation, News of Series Future

The Chronicles of the Traveling Shop Furnishings

When you have a big ol' Headquarters, the furniture likes to have adventures. Come see what we've done with the place.

Behind the Scenes of Spider-Man Total Universe

How does a single book capture 60 years of one of the most iconic superheroes? Patrick A. Reed talks his new book, Spider-Man Total Universe.

Alexander Purcell’s book turns a showroom visit into an ongoing relationship

Alexander Purcell has spent his career moving between two disciplines that, to him, were never really separate. Through Atelier Purcell, the furniture and lighting collection he la...

What Goes Into Tracking Censorship, With an Update From the New York Public Library Comms Team

Immense work goes into reporting on and tracking censorship, so when we're asked to pull that work, we take it seriously.

Misfill, Better Books Edition

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Check It Out: Don’t startle me; I’m reading

Some books you read with the lights on -—and preferably, when there are other people around.

Shelf by shelf: Inside Kashmir’s sweeping search for forbidden pages

A dispute over two slim volumes on regional history has set off what officials call the largest academic content review in the territory’s history, sending librarians scrambling th...

Magazines in the works at befores & afters

Lots coming, including on Backrooms, Project Hail Mary and The Mandalorian and Grogu. The post Magazines in the works at befores & afters appeared first on befores & afters...

Ramona Books

An independent labour-of-love-turned bookstore, Ramona Books caters to the truly discerning literature lovers.

How the Austin Public Library picks books

"Ideally, we would love to have an unlimited number of copies of essentially every book that's ever been published."

Book People Are My People

My mom used to say I was never without a book. Looking back, she wasn’t wrong. Before BookTok, Goodreads, and online recommendations, there were dog-eared paperbacks tucked into ba...

Imagination at Work: Behind the Desk with 9 to 5 Warriors

Brandon Braswell on the overtime it takes to bring original ideas to market in today’s toy industry. The post Imagination at Work: Behind the Desk with 9 to 5 Warriors appeared fir...

How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade

From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumnThink about the last book you bought. How did you...

Stark House Press

Tucked away in the northern coastal California town of Eureka, a small, family-run publishing endeavor called Stark House Press is quietly republishing some America’s most treasure...

Stack Overflow: Recent Reads

Today's stack: a few timely books.

Check It Out: 9+ Great Books by Librarians

Read your way into some excellent books by librarians, including an array of romances, children's nonfiction, comics, fairy tales, and more.

The Mystery of Houdini’s Disappearing Bookcase

Thanks to dogged detective work by a curator at UT's Harry Ransom Center, an important piece of furniture was rescued from oblivion. It goes on display this month.