- A. S. G. Edwards reports for the TLS on this years Sandars Lectures, delivered by Toshiyuki Takamiya.
- JFK's diary covering the summer of 1945 will be sold at RR Auction on 26 April.
- New editor(s) are sought for Common-place.
- Sarah Hovde writes for The Collation on "The Guild of Women-Binders and the 'bindings of tomorrow.'"
- Edward Wong in the NYTimes: "Printing the Ancient Way Keeps Buddhist Texts Alive in Tibet."
- The British Library is digitizing its Anglo-Saxon manuscripts: 175 are available as of last week.
- Rudolf II's collection of some 750 watercolors of plants and animals will go on long-term loan to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
- Author Charlie Lovett is profiled in the News & Record.
- James McBride of William Reese Co. gets the "Bright Young Booksellers" spotlight this week.
- Jennifer Schuessler has a great piece in the NYTimes, "A Journey Into the Merriam-Webster Word Factory."
- A seventeenth-century map found wadded up and stuffed into the chimney of an Aberdeenshire house has been conserved and is now on display at the National Library of Scotland.
- The Londonist goes "Inside London's Oldest Bookshop," Hatchard's.
- Kate Murphy writes for the NYTimes about love letters at auction.
Reviews
- James Barron's The One-Cent Magenta; review by Sarah Laskow in the NYTimes.
- Richard Holmes' This Long Pursuit; review by Michael Dirda in the WaPo.
Upcoming Auctions
- Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian at Sotheby's London on 28 March.
- The Contents of Glyn Cywarch at Bonhams London on 29 March.
- Books and Works on Paper at Bloomsbury on 30 March.
- Printed & Manuscript African Americana at Swann Galleries on 30 March.
