- From the Morgan Library blog, "Color and Curious Creatures: Fifteenth-Century Block Books at the Morgan."
- Thanks to Simon Beattie for calling attention to a project seeking to reconstruct the library of German writer Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853). See their guide for potential Tieck provenance (in English) for distinctive marks to watch for, and please help if you can!
- APHA and the Hamilton Wood Type Museum are collaborating on a 2020 Awayzgoose, and registration is now open.
- Library History Seminar XIV is looking for papers relating to the broad theme of "library history." Proposals are due by 1 October.
- Jasper Fforde talks to Elizabeth Flux for the Guardian about his new novel, The Constant Rabbit.
- Also in the Guardian, Justine Jordan profiles Eley Williams about her debut novel The Liar's Dictionary (out this month in the UK), hunting for mountweazels, and more.
- A set of musical scores from the collection of (and annotated by) Maria Callas is currently being offered by Christie's (sale ends 30 July).
- APHA has released an outline of steps the organization is taking to support BIPOC printers and allied craftspeople.
- Thanks to Alex Hidalgo for pointing out on Twitter the Catálogo Colectivo de Marcas de Fuego.
- From the N-YHS blog, "A Printer's Account of the Caribbean: Mahlon Day's Diary."
- The British Library has acquired the visual archive of Mervyn Peake.
- Pichaya Damrongpiwat writes for the NYPL blog on "Materiality in Eighteenth-Century Epistolary Fiction."
- The conservation staff at the John Rylands Library has posted a series of blog posts on the materiality of the book.
- The Grolier Club has launched an online exhibition of recent gifts from member Stanley D. Scott.
- ACRL and RBMS have passed a memorial resolution honoring Katharine Kyes Leab.
Review
- Jonathan Senchyne's The Intimacy of Paper and Joshua Calhoun's The Nature of the Page; review by Gill Partington at Public Books.
Upcoming Auctions
- Livres Anciens et du XIXe Siècle at ALDE on 21 July.
- Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection at Sotheby's ends on 21 July.
- Fine Judaica at Kestenbaum & Company on 21 July.
- Fine & Rare Books – Fine Literature at PBA Galleries on 23 July.
- Summer Auction at Arader Galleries on 25 July.
