"The book is the physical manifestation of a relationship between a writer and a reader." —Janice Lee @diddioz defines #thebook. #essentialknowledge from an author and publisher. The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Entropy @CCMPress PSU Creative Writing Complete quote at: t-h-e-b-o-o-k.com

"Placed one over the other, the silence between the leaves becomes a portal among the pages, leading the eyes to burrow through the opening." —Samuel Ace Samuel Ace divines and defines #thebook. #essentialknowledge The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social. Read the complete quote at: t-h-e-b-o-o-k.com

"A book is a magic portal." —Sarah Bodman @SarahBodman, book artist, printmaker, and publisher, defines #thebook. #essentialknowledge The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Centre For Print Research. More definitions at: t-h-e-b-o-o-k.com

Massimo Listri: Die schönsten Bibliotheken der Welt spon.de/fQm3 via @SPIEGELONLINE

The earliest dust jackets were disposable and enclosed the entire book. Alexandra Cardia on how the sober, utilitarian cover gave way to the vivid graphics of today cabinetmagazine.org/issues/35/card…

The British people should get the final say on Brexit. Retweet if you agree.

⚡️ “Which library helped you fall in love with reading? 📚” x.com/i/moments/1041…

The Book as Recombinant Structure: Amaranth Borsuk takes us through a century of art and experimental books. thewritingplatform.com/2018/10/book-r…

Libraries are galaxies, time-machines, wildwoods. Libraries grow literacy, change lives. This petition demands that government protect funding for library services. It’s at 10,000 names. At 100000 Parliament will consider it for debate. Please sign, share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2287…

Whether they’re saving books from censorship, or sheltering their community from danger, there’s nothing new about librarians choosing actions alongside words: theguardian.com/news/shortcuts…

How I read. (Leslie Caron in An American in Paris, 1951).

As MPs meet to debate Theresa May’s Brexit deal, it’s clear that we face the real risk of a bad deal, or no deal. Either would cause huge damage to jobs and growth. That’s why I’m backing a public vote on any Brexit deal.

13 March 2019 from 7-8.30pm please join us for the launch of “13 March 1911” by Adam Smyth.

Occipital Drawings. Book, bound on both edges. Images conceived during dark residency. Occipital lobe is the area of brain used in visual processing - both real and imagined images. Surrounding book is a hand finished silk print. The drawing was also created whilst in blackout.

We lost a lot of books but it could have been worse. Remember, the town hall has info, food, supplies and volunteers if you're in need.

'This Journey is a Book' is a site-specific artwork made for Peckham Library, comprised of ten books (or chapters) scattered right across the library's collection. #AliceWalker #BenOkri #Blurb #CassArt #EmilyBronte #FedericoGarciaLorca #GeorgeOrwell chrisgibsonart.com/art-and-exhibi…

The oldest surviving objects with proto-writing - the very earliest "books" - may by the enigmatic Aboriginal "cylcons" from Australia. These rock cylinders with scratched markings date from the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation, and are thus potentially 40 000+ years old.

A Book Dress! by French designer Sylvie Facon

🔶 ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Born on this day, in 1788 “The art of not reading is a very important one.”