- This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Gardner Heist. The Boston Globe has a piece on the (lack of) recent developments in the case.
- The Miami Herald profiles accused book thief Raymond Scott (in the course of which they manage to incorrectly label the First Folio a manuscript).
- This year's National Book Critics Circle awards were announced this week: Carolyn Kellogg has a good rundown at Jacket Copy. The non-fiction prize went to Richard Holmes for Age of Wonder; Hilary Mantel took the fiction prize for Wolf Hall.
- Over at the AAS blog, Elizabeth Pope uses the new Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary to explore synonyms for "antiquarian." I rather like "mumpsimus," myself!
- Danielle Trussoni's Angelology was profiled on NPR this week, with an excerpt.
- The Little Professor has a great post on (imaginary) courses she'd like to teach.
- The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the David Foster Wallace papers. GalleyCat has a synopsis post on this, with many good links. Among the items in the collection are 200 of Wallace's books, most strongly marked up.
- Via the Fine Press Book Association, check out The League of Movable Type: A Collection of Open Source Fonts.
Reviews
- Michael O'Brien's Mrs. Adams in Winter: review by Richard Eder in the Boston Globe.
- Edward Pearce's Pitt the Elder: review by Stephen Howe in the Independent.
- Chris Skidmore's Death and the Virgin Elizabeth: review by John Guy in the Sunday Times.
