Posts Tagged ‘the vatican’
December 4, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
Boston’s Old South Church is considering selling the Bay Psalm Book, thought to be the oldest book published in North America. The money would be used to finance repairs to the 1874 building.
On touching Sylvia Plath’s hair, the Plath Symposium, and literary hagiography.
Dispatches from the first Twitter Fiction Festival.
Managing the challenges of preserving the Vatican’s treasures.
The emotional life of books.
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TAGS Bay Psalm Book, books, news, Old South Church, sylvia plath, the vatican
November 6, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
The Vatican pans J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy. Or at any rate, the Holy See’s official paper does.
“I read Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet, every day.” Mary Oliver on her inspirations.
Enid Blyton’s “Famous Five” series is being revived for television.
Help bookstores post-Sandy.
And the most-read book in the world is ... not a shocker.
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TAGS Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Holy See, J. K. Rowling, Mary Oliver, Rumi, The Bible, The Casual Vacancy, the vatican
July 12, 2012 | by Sadie Stein
Yes, the Vatican is publishing e-books.
So is Judy Blume.
Amazon pulls a book allegedly containing a hundred previously undiscovered Caravaggios after scholars question its legitimacy.
Meanwhile, the Codex Calixtinus, a twelfth-century manuscript that disappeared last year, has been recovered.
Happy birthday, E. B. White. Here are some piglets.
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TAGS Caravaggio, Codx Calixtinus, E. B. White, ebooks, Judy Blume, news, the vatican
