The Book News Archive - links to book related news stories from around the world.

29.02.04. Literature: Through a glass starkly...more

29.02.04. Review: 'Book Row'...more

29.02.04. Nicholas A. Basbanes on the destruction of "one of the most celebrated 18th-century fruit books...more

28.02.04. An end for books...more

28.02.04. 'National treasure' archive up for sale...more

28.02.04.Collectable catalogues...more

27.02.04. Books: Picture imperfect ...more

26.02.04. A passion for books...more

26.02.04.Stamps mark Lord of the Rings anniversary ...more

26.02.04. US to send books to Islamic schools ...more

26.02.04. Images of Winston Churchill which were believed to have been lost are set for auction after being rescued from a rubbish bin...more

26.02.04. Two of the most important historical documents relating to the foundation of Melbourne have been sold to the National Museum of Australia...more

25.02.04. Number of Books Published Annually Forecast to Double in Three Years ...more

25.02.04. Bookseller due thanks for resisting Patriot Act excesses...more

25.02.04. Utah university libraries are brimming with old cookbooks ...more

25.02.04. The Beaton generation ...more

24.02.04. Nemo finds way to French court...more

23.02.04. Novel idea lets book fans live on borrowed time ...more

23.02.04. Whoopi Goldberg Signs Multi Book Deal...more

22.02.04. Robert McCrum calls for a return to the days when publishers actually used to read books...more

22.02.04. Sean O’Reilly’s existential novel set in Dublin is Sartre for our times...more

22.02.04. Literary sleuth sees books as steppingstones to culture...more

22.02.04. One man's obsession to collect rare books ...more

21.02.04. Nicholas Clee on the latest news from the publishing industry ...more

21.02.04. Deed of Settlement of The South Australian Company to be auctioned...more

19.02.04. Forgotten footsteps: Book of early women mountaineers inspires all-woman expedition ...more

19.02.04. Buzz Spector is a different kind of bibliophile: He uses books for sculpture...more

17.02.04. Seamus Heaney poetry centre for Belfast ...more

17.02.04. Scots appoint first poet laureate...more

17.02.04. Book sellers to open stores in libraries...more

16.02.04. Collected artifacts of author Nabokov could go homeless...more

16.02.04. Behind the scenes in book publishing and reviewing...more

16.02.04. Blacks in South African history books no longer savages...more

15.02.04. Amazon reviewers brought to book...more

15.02.04. Surprise leaps from the pages of pop-up books...more

15.02.04. Iraqis take refuge in books...more

14.02.04. Nicholas Clee on the latest Public Lending Right statistics...more

14.02.04. Waterstone's £80m bid sees off rivals for Early Learning ...more

13.02.04. Granny Spice becomes queen of the libraries...more

13.02.04. Rosetta Stone for Philadelphia Furniture...more

12.02.04. Bookstore Owners Cry Foul...more

12.02.04. Kant's wild yearsl...more

12.02.04. Most Americans Turn to Books to Relax ...more

11.02.04. Book gift includes a Descartes treasure...more

10.02.04. Overlong, overrated and unmoving: Roddy Doyle's verdict on James Joyce's Ulysses...more

10.02.04. Lawrence letter up for auction...more

10.02.04. Cocaine found in children's books...more

10.02.04. Dave Pelzer took his horrific childhood and turned memories into worldwide bestsellers ...more

09.02.04. Chronicles of Earthsea. Edited transcript of Ursula Le Guin's online Q&A...more

08.02.04. After 53 books, Spillane says biggest achievement is being alive...more

07.02.04. Bloomsbury set's diarist and last survivor dies aged 103...more

07.02.04. Without literature, how would you retell the best of stories? Ray Bradbury...more

07.02.04. Nicholas Clee on the latest news from the publishing industry ...more

06.02.04. South Bank bookseller jailed...more

05.02.04. Rare Books Valued at $55 Million to Be Displayed at 37th California International Antiquarian Book Fair...more

05.02.04. Literature as life. A conversation with author Azar Nafisi...more

05.02.04. Historic library in quest for cash...more

04.02.04. Arthur C Clarke award 2004...more

03.02.04. A rare copy of Lawrence of Arabia’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom is expected to fetch more than £35,000...more

02.02.04. Flexible screens to make e-books and e-newspapers a reality...more

01.02.04. Now cannibal will tell his story...more

31.01.04. Can literature address the conflict in the Middle East?...more

31.01.04. Nicholas Clee's weekly roundup of the latest news from the publishing industry...more

31.01.04. Banning books discourages reading, learning ...more

31.01.04. Jihad on the bookshelf...more

30.01.04. Parent group wants 'satanic' books banned...more

30.01.04. Serial killer Dennis Nilsen was today refused permission to appeal against book ban...more

30.01.04. Report slams cost of college texts...more

29.01.04. Southern Sudan's only bookshop...more

29.01.04. Rare glimpse of old Taiwan afforded by explorer's diary ...more

29.01.04. Acclaimed writer Janet Frame dies...more

29.01.04. Ten years on, Amazon books first annual profit...more

28.01.04. Favourite Haddon wins Whitbread...more

28.01.04. 1837 Rebellion auction brings in $116,000 -- approximately one-fifth of the pre-sale estimate...more

26.01.04. Mystery of manuscript that foxed scholars for centuries is solved...more

26.01.04. Churchill won Nobel Literature Prize by default, documents reveal...more

24.01.04. Nicholas Clee on the latest news from the publishing industr ...more

24.01.04. Mexico City to Use Books to Lower Crime...more

23.01.04. Woman arrested over overdue books...more

23.01.04. Clarissa Dickson Wright’s Cook’s Bookshop closes...more

23.01.04. £1,000 for a five-hour week, anyone?...more

23.01.04. 91 year old sells Rare Books and Documents to finance her film projects...more

23.01.04. Libraries offer cash for coolest book collection...more

21.01.04. Disney Loses Appeal in Federal 'Pooh' Copyright Case ...more

21.01.04. Modern-day Fagin hired 15-strong gang to steal books to order...more

19.01.04. Rare Harry Potter Book Sells for £1,468 ...more

19.01.04. Bonfire of cupboard of history - Pune institute continues to count the losses...more

18.01.04. V S Naipaul's early writings were thought to have been destroyed for ever...more

18.01.04. Kerouac's 'On the Road' hits the road in museum tour...more

17.01.04. Brown studied, Self abused, Truss undone...more

17.01.04. Nicholas Clee on the latest news from the publishing industry...more

16.01.04. UK book fairs decline by 17.5%...more

16.01.04. The legend of poet and performer Ivor Cutler is intact, 50 years after he started songwriting...more

15.01.04. Nancy Drew dusts off 'musty appeal' for new readers...more

15.01.04. Downloaded any good novels lately? ...more

13.01.04. Modern cooks can re-create a Shakespearean feast thanks to a food historian's fascinating cookbook...more

13.01.04. Rowling set to win first adult book prize...more

13.01.04. Hitler's "Mein Kampf" stolen...more

13.01.04. University takes action to recover its books...more

12.01.04. A rare 1908 first edition Anne of Green Gables sells for more than $20,000 ...more

12.01.04. The Newbery & Caldecott Children's book awards announced...more

12.01.04. New shops broaden Kanda's old-book look...more

10.01.04. Nicholas Clee on the latest news from the publishing industry...more

10.01.04. Specialist bookbinding firm Cedric Chivers closes after more than 120 years...more

09.01.04. Children's writer Joan Aiken dies...more

09.01.04. More books on the loose thanks to BookCrossing.com...more

09.01.04. Cartoon boy reporter Tintin turns 75...more

08.01.04. Water damages hundreds of books at Notre Dame Library...more

06.01.04. Mob damages rare manuscripts & books in India...more

05.01.04. New books axed to boost profits...more

05.01.04. Couple's labor of love yields one expensive coffee-table book ...more

03.01.04. Fire destroys ancient books in Hindu temple...more

03.01.04. Britain's Brecht ...more

02.01.04.New image for Little Black Sambo...more

02.01.04. Books as Art Objects (Reading is Optional)...more

01.01.04. Punk for Posterity...more