A Tale of Three Cities

18/12/2013

Parisians - looking for a last minute Christmas gift? There are fresh new copies of A Tale of Three Cities on the shelves this evening at Shakespeare and Company Bookshop!

05/11/2013

"French, rigorous; German, logical; English, playful" - agree?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/11/multilingualism?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fdifferentpersonalitieslanguage

LAST week, Johnson took a look at some of the advantages of bilingualism. These include better performance at tasks involving "executive function" (which involve the...

18/10/2013

Dazeddigital's look at the best in book trailers -

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/17581/1/the-best-in-book-trailers

Bound & Flogged: Meet the authors who've mastered the unlikely art of the video book promo

14/10/2013

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/14/bret-easton-ellis-alice-munro-twitter

Will Bret take on the Man Booker winner too?

25/07/2013

Dance + Sweat. It's going to be 37 Degrees in Berlin this Sunday.
Do you know where your swimming trunks are?
Doesn't. Even. Matter.

16/07/2013

oh boy oh boy

http://www.heroyalmajesty.ca/

FREE download of Issue 13 from Her Royal Majesty - what a treat!

A Paris-based literary arts magazine

15/07/2013

"wit, aestheticism and entertainment"

sounds good to us, Doppell Edition

Established in late 2012 by Lucas Liccini, Doppell Edition presents a publishing platform which aims to release books, booklets and various other forms of printed matter with and by artists of all kind. The subject matter focuses on being approachable and offering a sense of humour, combining a heal...

09/07/2013

Take a peek,
Create a pretty map,
Freak yourself out.

https://immersion.media.mit.edu/viz

01/07/2013

An excellent project from FRONT404 to celebrate Orwell's birthday last week.

http://front404.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2.jpg

Put on your party hats, folks!

George Orwell’s Birthday PartyOn tuesday the 25th of June, to celebrate the 110th birthday of George Orwell, surveillance cameras in the center of the city of Utrecht where decorated with colorful party hats! George Orwell is best known for his book ‘1984’, in which he describes a dystopian future s...

30/06/2013

Words from across the pond,
by Brooklyn-based poet, Sam Alper

http://ithacalit.com/sam-alper.html #.UdAE9z5PBjR

The Tidal Wave surprised everyone, coming, as it did, from no discernible ocean. The phrase "I don't believe this is happening" was popular but not accurate, coming, as it did, from people who were...

29/06/2013

http://publicdomainreview.org/

Some lovely Saturday browsing provided by friends at The Public Domain Review

25/06/2013

https://soundcloud.com/papalinguini/georgia-home-boys-mix-by-papa

Wake up to... rain & GOOD MUSIC.

Slow Jams mix for Brotiger Night on June 22 at Loftus Hall, Berlin