One last roundup for 2016:
- David Barnett writes for the Independent about the enduring power of M.R. James' ghost stories.
- French publisher Le Seuil has threatened to sue the Van Gogh Museum over questions of the authenticity of several recently published Van Gogh sketches.
- A great post from Dan Hinchen at The Beehive about the wonderful things you can find when answering a reference question.
- The AAS has posted images from their Bien edition of Audubon's Birds.
- Over at Echoes from the Vault, Keelan Overton reports on her recent research on the St. Andrews Qu'ran.
- Kate De Rycker guest-posts at The Collation about her work preparing an edition of the works of Thomas Nashe.
- Rebecca Onion surveys five great digital history projects of 2016.
- Erik Kwakkel has been appointed Scaliger professor at the University of Leiden.
- The first batch of Kafka papers from the estate of Max Brod have arrived at the National Library of Israel.
- Michael Melgaard surveys the used and rare bookshops of Toronto.
- Scholars are concerned about the preservation of an extensive rare book collection at a soon-to-be-closed abbey in Altomuenster, Germany.
- PBA Galleries will offer stock from antiquarian bookseller Edwin V. Glaser in a 12 January sale.
- The January Crocodile mystery post is up at The Collation.
- I'm not entirely sure what to make of this, but pass it along: The Book As ...
- Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, died this week at the age of 96. NYTimes obituary.
- Leah Dobrinska has a "defense of marginalia" at The New Antiquarian.
- Lisa Fagin Davis posts about "training the next generation of fragmentologists" at Manuscript Road Trip. Speaking of which, Leiden University student Éloïse Ruby posts for the KB's blog about analyzing fragments from the KB collections.
Reviews
- Julia Baird's Victoria the Queen; review by Janet Maslin in the NYTimes.
- Matthew Rubery's The Untold Story of the Talking Book; review by Dennis Duncan in the TLS.
