Peter Harrington's latest literature catalogue "In Other Worlds - Fantasy, Science Fiction and Beyond" focuses on genres that seem a lot more real to us after spending three months in lockdown. During this strange time, many of us thought occasionally that we are living in a world we used to read... Read more about Sammy Jay: In Other Worlds
Join Type & Forme’s Dr Anke Timmermann FLS to explore how Joseph Banks and his associates gathered, processed, described, and drew plants from around the world on the Endeavour voyage of 1768-1771.
This is the first part of a two part video created by Type & Forme as part of their 'Banks Month'... Read more about Video: Joseph Banks' Florilegium (part 1)
At 60 the Lilly Library is one of the younger, important libraries in the United States.The Book Collector has an especially strong connection with it as it has been home to our founder Ian Fleming's book collection since 1970.
This week's podcast, read by English actor Rupert Vansittart, is part... Read more about The Lilly Library is turning 60
This week, book shops and libraries across the UK are opening their doors to the public for the first time in three months.
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked economic havoc across the nation, and the book industry has been affected as much as anyone. With bookstores and libraries forced to close... Read more about Restoration through Devotion
This week book shops across the UK are opening for the first time in three months.
To celebrate we have decided to share an account of an extraordinary phantom book sale.
Titled, 'The Library of Count de Fortsas, 1840', this article was published in number 6 of The Book Collectors Quarterly, in... Read more about Podcast: The Library of Count de Fortsas
All The Book Collector Podcasts are special, but this one may be more special than others.
It is Mark James, reading Anke Timmerman's article relating to Joseph Banks, the famous explorer and naturalist whose death 200 years ago is being remembered worldwide.
'A Palimpsest of Naturalists: The... Read more about Podcast: A Palimpsest of Naturalists, by Anke Timmermann
If you missed Spencer Stuart's wonderful webinar back in April - Lifecycles: Collecting and Collections, based on his three-part Lifecycles program - here is your chance to take part. The next Lifecycles virtual presentation will take place on 26th June 2020, at 1pm EDT / 6pm BST.
Registration for... Read more about LIFECYCLES: Collecting and Collections is back!
This week The Norman Rockwell Museum released a powerful letter from the Museum Director/CEO, Laurie Norton Moffat, titled 'Hope in the Time of Despair'. The letter invites readers to join in a "conversation with the community on race and healing" with a virtual Four Freedoms Forum on 11th June... Read more about Norman Rockwell: Civil Rights and Motherhood
In 1966 a devastating flood swept through the city of Florence, destroying homes and livelihoods, and killing 101 people.
Thousands of priceless books, papers and manuscripts were reduced to mulch in the space of a few hours.
This article from our Spring 1967 issue (which was dedicated to... Read more about Podcast: The Florence Flood of 4th November 1966, by Mario Witt
250 years ago, during the voyage of HMB Endeavour, Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to set foot on the eastern coast of Australia. Among them was the ship’s naturalist, twenty-seven year old Lincolnshire botanist Joseph Banks, who discovered some 1,300 previously unknown... Read more about Joseph Banks: A Lincolnshire Botanist in Australia
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