Nov 11, 2020
Roger Chartier was born in 1945 in Lyon, France. He is a giant in the field of book history and the study of publishing and reading. He teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the Collège de France, and the University of Pennsylvania.
I interviewed Roger...
Nov 5, 2020
Oct 26, 2020
Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores located in and around Portland, Oregon. It claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's 'City of Books' store is located on the edge of downtown and occupies a full city block. It covers some 68,000 square feet or 1.6 acres of retail floor...
Oct 20, 2020
Tiphaine Guillermou is an editor with Graphéine, a design agency with offices in Paris and Lyon.
While researching 20th century French book design - so that I'd have some books to hunt down while visiting bookstores in France - I came across a terrific article Tiphaine had written for Graphéine's blog, here. It was...
Oct 11, 2020