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The February 2010 Los Angeles Book Fair was a lovely fair with a chance for all of us to see old friends and colleagues. What was different this year…

An interview with Umberto Pregliasco about the 39th ILAB Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair in Bologna, September 20-26, 2010

A high-class cultural event - Bologna "la dotta" - Roberto Vecchioni - Rare Book Film Festival - Umberto Eco - the World's best booksellers…

This book celebrates the second career of John Milton Ward following his retirement in 1985 as William Mason Powell Chair of the Music Department of…

Hesse's personal library and his literary remains were divided between the Marbach Archives (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach) and the Swiss…

Johann Sebastian Bach's autograph manuscripts and original parts in a digital library. Participating partners are the Berlin State Library, the…

"Not so fast! Codices—or books as we know them now—have been in their current form for nearly 2,000 years, and the technology that threatens their…

Browse the treasures of the Bavarian State Library with your iPhone: the "Nibelungenlied", the Gutenberg Bible, rare manuscripts from the Orient and…

Umberto Eco held his "lectio magistralis" about "Bibliofilia e bibliomania" in Turin. Professor Eco himself is "A Bibliophile of huge Ec(h)o", as…

Franz Kafka wanted all his manuscripts to be burned after his death, but his friend Max Brod disregarded the request. Now a Swiss bank opens for…

How a Christmas card, a poem, a Time magazine article, and even a few novels inspired some of Hollywood's greatest films

The "Tome Raider" has been sent back to jail for three-and-a-half years, the BBC News announces.