Seven haunted library stories with a name, a date and a witness: Marsh’s Library in Dublin, Felbrigg Hall, Combermere Abbey, the Boston Athenaeum, Bernardsville, Willard Library and State Library Victoria.
Seven haunted library stories with a name, a date and a witness: Marsh’s Library in Dublin, Felbrigg Hall, Combermere Abbey, the Boston Athenaeum, Bernardsville, Willard Library and State Library Victoria.
Orwell gave Animal Farm’s revolution to pigs because pigs could read. On T.S. Eliot’s rejection, the publisher who asked for another animal, the milk and apples, and the science of creeping corruption.
Why do we celebrate Halloween? Trace the night from the Samhain fire on Ireland’s Hill of Ward to trick-or-treating and Tokyo, and find the Irish festivals, from Púca to Derry, where it lives on.
From the beautiful anxiety of uhtceare to the wonderfully specific lanspresado, these forgotten words remind us that language once had a name for almost everything.
Buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD, the Herculaneum scrolls were unreadable for centuries. Now AI and particle accelerators are recovering lost ancient books.
Happy 106th Birthday, Ray Bradbury! Discover 13 fascinating facts about the legendary author, the surprises behind the man who imagined our future.
Explore the folk-music craft behind Concerning Hobbits, and why The Lord of the Rings score makes you homesick for the Shire, a place that never existed.
Happy National Book Lovers Day! From scrolls to codices to record-breaking bestsellers, explore the surprising history behind the books we love.
Happy 72nd Anniversary, The Fellowship of the Ring! Celebrate the journey that turned Tolkien’s epic into one of fiction’s greatest legends.
Happy 127th Birthday, Ernest Hemingway! Today, we celebrate the author of The Old Man and the Sea, whose words reshaped modern literature.
