Trinity College Dublin begins project to relocate vulnerable books Three hundred years after the first foundation stone was laid, the 250,000 ancient books and manuscripts – including the ornat...
Tiny Libraries. We have a number of the micro-versions in the neighbourhood, they seem to get quite a bit of usage.
The Daughter as Detective. A bibliophile tries to understand her father through his favorite Swedish mystery books. I don’t know why it’s so frustrating that my dad refuses to say or even thi...
https://www.davekellam.com/2018/06/the-daughter-as-detective/
Station Eleven by Emily Mandel. I really enjoyed this book. Almost couldn’t set it down. Would definitely recommend picking up a copy.
Don’t wear gloves when you handle old books. From the British Library: Whenever a manuscript is featured in the press or on television, we inevitably receive adverse comments about our failure ...
https://www.davekellam.com/2018/05/dont-wear-gloves-when-you-handle-old-books/
I just finished reading Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet by Claire L. Evans (h/t @boop). I thoroughly enjoyed it, and learned quite a bit. I’m also a sucker for...
American War is the first novel from Omar El Akkad. If you’re into dystopian sci-fi, I’d definitely recommend picking up a copy. His prose can be a bit of a slog at times, but worth seeing th...
The University of Iowa’s Special Collections posted some photos from their copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Salvador Dali. I had no idea this existed, definitely going...
https://www.davekellam.com/2014/08/alice-illustrated-by-dali/
If you’re unable to make the trip to see it in person, Trinity College Dublin, has a digital version of the Book of Kells available for viewing.
The latest from A Book Apart’s magnificent series of books, Sass for Web Designers by Dan Cederholm. I started using Sass and Compass last summer. It has probably been the biggest thing to ha...