…while waiting for the rest of the world to become as tired of virtual book fairs as I am. Got an email from a colleague last week that resonated with me. He said something to the effect that he didn’t recognize the names of half the people in the ABAA directory (editor’s note – […] More >>

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New car, new grand daughter, daughter (in that order) Like so many of my colleagues, I’ve been plying my trade for the past year and a half, not from the driver’s seat of my trusty ride (in my case a new, used, 2019 RAV), but from the office chair in front of my Lenovo laptop, […] More >>

My office over here at 77 Langsford St. doubles as a guest room, so when company comes, I head to the basement. It’s more crowded with junk down there, but it’s very quiet. No interruptions other than the sounds of the building’s machinery starting and stopping. I used this writing hole even before we moved […] More >>

Here’s a note from an old customer who’d bought something from my last catalog and was looking forward to getting together at the New York Book Fair. Last time there was a New York Fair, we had a drink at Donohue’s and all the good old boys were there, Bruno with his affable, bearish growls, […] More >>