- From Amanda Bevan at the British Library's blog, "Shakespeare's Will: A New Interpretation," which contains some key new findings about the document based around recent conservation work.
- Erin Blakemore writes for Smithsonian about the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest.
- From Exeter Working Papers in Book History, a detailed compilation of information about Gutenberg.
- Alix Christie writes for The Millions on the persistence of physical books.
- Dan Boudreau has a great post at Past is Present on paper marbling.
- At The Collation, Abbie Weinberg puzzles through some scraps of an unsent Henry Folger letter found inside a 1907 auction catalog.
- The New-York Historical Society is cataloging the 12,000 small collections that comprise its American Historical Manuscript Collection, thanks to a grant from the NEH.
- From Peter Miller at the Chronicle, "A New Republic of Letters."
- Ian Spellerberg, author of Reading & Writing Accessories: A Study of Paper-Knives, Paper Folders, Letter Openers and Mythical Page Turners (Oak Knoll) is profiled in Collectors Weekly.
- New from Unique at Penn, a Victorian lady's reading journal.
- Rebecca Rego Barry talks to "The Library Cafe" about her book Rare Books Uncovered.
- Jeremy Mikula writes for the Chicago Tribune about the authorship questions surrounding that Houdini-Lovecraft typescript that resurfaced recently.
- The MSU Map Library received a package in the mail containing several maps with a note "These were taken from the MSU Library many years ago. I'm sorry."
- Kevin Smith writes about the latest ruling in the Georgia State copyright case.
- The April Rare Book Monthly is out, with the usual range of interesting articles.
- From Serge Kovaleski in the NYTimes, a peek into a new book by Robert Wittman and journalist David Kinney about the search for Alfred Rosenberg's diary.
- Adam Smith's books at the University of Edinburgh have been fully cataloged for the first time.
- Public Domain Review Press has announced a new (and quite neat-looking) edition of Lucian's Dialogues of the Gods.
- Elahe Izadi writes for the WaPo about the Newton alchemical manuscript recently acquired by the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
- A chair used by J.K. Rowling when she was writing the first two Harry Potter books sold at auction today for $394,000.
- Jennifer Schuessler writes for the NYTimes about Peter Onuf and Annette Gordon Reed's new book Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination.
Reviews
- James Traub's John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit; review by Joseph J. Ellis in the NYTimes.
- Louisa Thomas' Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams; review by Joanne Freeman in the NYTimes.
- Tim Blanning's Frederick the Great; review by Steve Donoghue in the CSM.
- Elaine Showalter's The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe; review by Carol Bundy in the WaPo.
