it’s that time of year already? In a welcome change from our usual bookish frenzy, here’s how we spent the weekend Once again, the Gibson family Gourmet Tree Christmas tree farm is open for business, offering 100% gluten free gourmet treesĀ©, wreaths, kissing balls, a welcoming camp fire, and lots of good cheer THE STAFF […] More >>
Archives for November 2017
The Dog Ate My Homework
The Ten Pound Island mainframe is in the lab for overhaul, and I’m forced to do all my computer chores on my teeny weenie backup brain. Hence, the brevity of this blog entry, which reflects the drop in capacity from tera to giga to mega to kila. Actually, I’m quite fond of my little Toshiba […] More >>
Let’s Talk About Me!
Congratulations to Betty Fulton and Julie Roper of Commonwealth Promotions and to Ken Gloss of the Brattle Book Shop – our “man on the ground” – for another successful Boston Book Fair. Thanks to their efforts this has become one of the best-run shows in the country. The Hynes Convention Center is a wonderful venue […] More >>
Five stages of book fair death, and the things we cannot change
After several days of putting the ugly task off, I started preparing for next weekend’s Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. Monday was a symphony of groans, accompanied by gnashing of teeth. “I’ve already sold all the good stuff,” I whined to myself (the only sympathetic audience around), “There’s nothing but chowder left.” Still, I had […] More >>