It is also the fiftieth anniversary this august event (a wonderful history of which can be found here) and to mark the occasion as well as record my own experiences at the fair, I’ll be posting to a Flickr set I created specifically for this purpose. I’ll be uploading pictures and commentary from set-up to break down: the books, the booksellers, the booths, the attendees, etc. The set can be viewed here.

I may even work up the energy to write a few posts about the fair to this rather infrequently-updated blog. Stay tuned for ongoing reports from the Armory floor and booth B17 (where I’m exhibiting with Lux Mentis, who will almost certainly be posting from the fair as well).

You can also follow my updates on Twitter: @briancassidy (or see link in right-hand column of this blog).

Further details on the fair (hours, etc.) can be found here.

Hope to see you there!

It’s newly-arrived archive I’m evaluating. I love going through, digging into, and organizing an archive, trying to piece together the story it tells. Especially useful in these situations is an over-sized dining room table (and an understanding wife). Can’t say much about the archive yet, but will post some (very) interesting tid-bits as I can.

So in short: feeling icky, but with plenty to keep my mind off it.

the internet isn't killing anything. No, not even books.

Christian Swinehart's epic Choose Your Own Adventure visualizations. These are lovely and amazing.

Edmund Wilson's all-purpose "get lost" letter. This is just too friggin awesome.

A LITTLE NIGHT READING. Pondering the impact of new technologies and the internet on the ability to maintain sustained reading and attention.

Book Review: "The Case for Books". Makes me want to read this Robert Darnton collection.

Unfurling: Isabel Rucker's 400-foot-long graphic novel scroll. OK. So I’m posting a lot of stuff from Boing Boing. What of it?

RevolveR notebook turns inside out. Need me this.

James Gurney’s art book: Imaginative Realism.

“I refuse to allow Stanley to get away with his robbery.” Great letter from Full Metal Jacket author and book thief (!?) Gastav Hasford from the fantastic “Letters of Note” blog.

Free Book Repair Training Manual. Looks useful. Via Bookfinder.

THE DIY AUTHOR RETURNS. Short-sighted publishers and the future of DIY authorship.

irony ain't dead…just a bit snarky. OMG. Best. Punctuation. Mark. Ever. Thanks Joyce!

My DIY publishing experiment, WITH A LITTLE HELP. This is the future of publishing and bookselling. Pay attention.

Essential plot twists for writers. 42 ideas for your third act. Not much new under the sun.

Google's page turners. Oops!

Alice in Wonderland nudes. Alice/pin-up mashup. A little SNFW.