Monday, July 6, 2026

Charades: A Jane Austen Rarity Revived

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Withnail Books of Penrith, renowned for their chapbooks of literary rarities, have just announced a facsimile edition of Charades, Written a...
Sunday, July 5, 2026

The Centenary of 'The Dancing Floor' by John Buchan: A Guest Post by John Howard

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First published one hundred years ago in July 1926, The Dancing Floor by John Buchan was the third book in which his recurring character ...
Monday, June 29, 2026

Rockwell Kent's THE JEWEL: A ROMANCE OF FAIRYLAND

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Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) worked in many areas as an artist, and is probably best-remembered as a painter and illustrator. Among the many bo...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

A New Issue of Biblio-Curiosa

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I look forward to every new issue of Chris Mikul's Biblio-Curiosa .  The most recent, no. 12, came out two years ago, and now no. 13 is ...
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Monday, June 22, 2026

The Guide: A Collection of Rare & Unknown Work by Arthur Machen

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  Darkly Bright Press's new Arthur Machen collection, The Guide , is a 260+ page compilation of "eighty-two works originally publis...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

The Centenary of 'The Connoisseur and Other Stories' by Walter de la Mare

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When I began to collect supernatural fiction in my late teens, I turned first to Billingham’s, the second-hand bookshop in the town centre...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

Carnforth: Bookish Encounters

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The railway town of Carnforth, Lancashire celebrates its association with Brief Encounter directed by David Lean (1945): key scenes   were...
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