Quite a long time ago, 150 years in fact, down down down the rabbit hole little Alice went, and when she came out again she was not the same person as went in. Not at all! Her curiously wonderful journey, filled with as many rash impulses and poor choices as any adolescent's life could possibly be, … Continue reading 150 Years of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland at The Ransom Center
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Thurs @ the HRC – The Future of Independent Bookselling: The View from Austin
This Thursday, November 17, 7p, the good folks at the Harry Ransom Center are hosting a panel discussion, The Future of Independent Bookselling: The View from Austin. Our own CEO Steve Bercu, BookWoman's Susan Post, and Russell Etchen of Domy Books will talk about where they see indie bookselling going, in Austin and beyond. This … Continue reading Thurs @ the HRC – The Future of Independent Bookselling: The View from Austin
WANTED: Readers of Banned Books
~Post by Julie On Friday I swung by the Harry Ransom Center for the opening of their latest exhibition, Banned, Burned, Seized and Censored, which discusses the history of censorship in this country, from the Fig Leaf edition of Upton Sinclair's Oil, to the details of the trial regarding Ulysses, and much more. The exhibition, … Continue reading WANTED: Readers of Banned Books