Remember when Emma Watson decided that her next book club read would be Mom & Me & Mom? Remember how, after she picked said book, we got really excited when she hid 100 copies across the transport systems of New York and London? Well, now China is having its turn and not everyone is sharing the Watson-book fever the western world experienced just a few weeks ago. Image courtesy of Global Times. This past Tuesday was the kick-off of “The Book Dropping Battle”. I know, sounds bookish and kind of badass. The project was headed by The Fair, a Beijing based content company. …
By this time of year people everywhere are saying ‘wow I can’t believe it’s already November’. We know. Neither can we. To remark on the date and how, to use the perennial cliche, time flies, may seem a trite remark, but for any good book lover it’s a code red to start gobbling down books! It’s November and we haven’t read nearly as much as we’ve wanted to this year! That being said, and I think I speak for all of us, there have been some daaarn good debut titles this year. We all have one that we’ve savored, loved, …
Friday night goals: a good book and a solid wine buzz. Like peanut butter and jelly, Mary-Kate and Ashley, or margaritas and salt, the duo is a natural. And like us, you’ve been waiting for Friday since Monday. Thankfully, Librottiglia is here to help. The Italian wine company, whose name is a slur of the Italian words for ‘book’ and ‘bottle’, has taken the brand name pretty seriously, recently introducing wine bottles that come wrapped in short stories. And get this, each story was made to complement the characteristics of the wine. Check it out. Setting aside the fear that …
It’s probably the most banal, DUH, obvious statement that writers occupy an inherently political space. It goes without saying then, that more than a few have been vocal throughout the current election. More often than not, their cerebral chatter has been directed towards the could-be- president, Donald Trump. And, doing like writers do, they’ve been pretty prolific about their disapproval, even going so far as to sign a petition against the nominee earlier this year. Everyone, authors and we lowly book lovers alike, will be biting our nails next week. But, as we approach the ballot box on Tuesday, remembering some …
Finally seeing a picture of an esteemed author brings your appreciation full circle. It’s one thing to love the books, cherish the words, and scribble an author’s words of wisdom in your notebooks, but hitching the face to the name takes your adoration to a totally new level of real. This is especially true when, in the case of many of the authors below, their image is so rarely seen and so striking when it is. Courtesy of Jasper 52, here are some incredible, many seemingly candid, shots of beloved authors. Maybe you can gleam some of their genius from …
