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Valentines cards dating back as far as 1856 are set to be sold at an auction in Fernhurst, West Sussex next month.

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Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin In 1921, when American antiquarian book dealer Gabriel Wells detached pages from his rare copy ...

Unless, of course, there is a morsel of morality hidden within each interaction, waiting to be unlocked. Once we figure out how to move through the world with compassion, or love, or decisiveness, we ...

Watermark West Rare Bookstore has overcome challenges for 40 years, including the internet upending the book business and a ...

A book with sprayed edges will have the ends of the pages spray-painted so a band of bright color appears when the cover ...

Fethard Historical Society's 2025 Tipperariana Book Fair will take place at Fethard Ballroom on Sunday, February 9 from ...

Family trapped in their home on Carrick Road, Dundalk following Storm Éowyn The Divorce Diaries: ‘I felt I didn’t have a ...

This much anticipated novel comes from the mind of Pulitzer-Prize and National Book Award finalist, Laila Lalami. The brilliantly twisted piece of literary science fiction is a timely examination ...

The Johns Hopkins Virginia Fox Stern Center for the History of the Book in the Renaissance provides many opportunities for ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...